Surge in heart attack cases prompts Health Ministry to initiate CPR training; several ministers participate

Heart attack cases on rise: The increase in heart attack cases can be influenced by various factors, including changes in lifestyle, dietary habits, stress levels, and overall health awareness. Surge in heart attack cases prompts Health Ministry to initiate CPR training in case of cardiac arrest. 

Meanwhile, Union Health Minister Dr Mansukh Mandaviya, Union Minister of State for Health Dr Bharti Pawar and SP Singh Baghel were also present at the CPR training. 

While attending the CPR training session, the Union Health Minister said that if CPR can be given to the patient in time in case of cardiac arrest, then the patient's life can be saved till the time he reaches the hospital or the ambulance arrives and sometimes the risk of death can also be avoided.

CPR, or Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation is an emergency lifesaving procedure performed when the heart stops beating. Immediate CPR can double or triple the chances of survival after cardiac arrest.

That is why it is important that more and more people are aware of this process, for which the Health Ministry is running a CPR Awareness Program in collaboration with the National Board of Examinations in Medical Sciences.

In view of the recent deaths due to heart attacks among youth, this special campaign of CPR training is being run by the Health Ministry.

For this, it is important that people know about it; there should be awareness and information about it among the general public. For this, this training program is being run.

The Health Minister said that cardiac arrest can happen anywhere. Many times, people get this arrest at railway stations, bus stops and on the road. People fall down while walking anywhere and suffer cardiac arrest. Many times, this arrest occurs even when a person is at his office or at work.

 In such a situation, if the people around him have the right information and awareness about giving CPR, then the person can be saved in time. Patients suffering from heart diseases and the people around them should take this training so that they can help people.

There is no need for any kind of equipment for this; the patient can be helped by applying pressure to the chest with both hands and also by giving mouth-to-mouth oxygen. 

- With inputs from agencies

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