ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Sunday ordered launch of a national life saving initiative skills to the people, especially the youth, to save precious lives.
Chapter of Prime Minister Salman Sufi’s Strategic Reform Unit (SRU) issued instructions to officials of each province, educational institutions and relevant quarters to take action for education people so they can help those in emergencies such as drowning, burns, cardiac arrest fractures and more critical cases.
government will also restore culture of first-to help skills, scouting as well as national camping training in educational institutions.
Conversation with dawn on initiative, Mr. Sufi quoted saying of Holy Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) that “salvation one life means salvation humanity” and said basic the goal was to start training in cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) nationwide. ” prime minister ordered me to drink-start nationwide training in cardiopulmonary resuscitation campaign on immediately,” he said, adding that the nationwide CPR training was first in a series of health sector development initiatives.
Nationwide CPR training is first in a series of health sector development initiatives
“Some other workouts to solve with burnt, wounded in severe traffic accidents, broken limbs and other emergency methods also be transferred,” he said. Complex strategy with regard to curricula announced in next week, he said.
He said that CPR (rescue technique useful in various emergencies such as in case of heart attack or nearly drowned leading suffocate of someone’s breathing or heartbeat) has saved countless lives in in world in places where emergency medical care was limited.
Mr. Sufi believed that training in cardiopulmonary resuscitation also to be made part of School program. Prime Minister Sharif secured meritocracy in health sector, providing of the quality of education of international standards and design of medical institutions in Punjab, he added.
Cardiopulmonary resuscitation is a widely used rescue method technique in case of out-of-hospital-cardiac arrest (OGKA). International studies show that bystanders trained in CPR increase rate of come back of spontaneous circulation and survival.
Latest Viral Video of couple from Multan one of being a doctor, resuscitating a drowned boy who saved his life is a testament to the effectiveness of CPR.
government expected to take various civil society organizations, media and others key parties concerned on board turn the initiative into national a movement that would have far-reaching consequences in preservation millions of life. In this regard, the SRU head said the prime minister ensured meritocracy, international standards of medical education and institution of hospitals throughout the province of Punjab.
Published in Dawn, June 20, 2022