In India, one in five people die due to coronary heart diseases. With an aim to reduce this alarming figure, Jaslok Hospital and Research Centre started an initiative to train Mumbai Police on the occasion of World Heart Day.
In India, one in five people die due to coronary heart diseases. With an aim to reduce this alarming figure, Jaslok Hospital and Research Centre started an initiative to train Mumbai Police on the occasion of World Heart Day.
The hospital wanted to educated police officers on Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR), which is needed during emergencies to save a person's life in the golden hour. On Wednesday experts from the hospital trained over 200 police officers at Azad Maidan police club.
A team of four experts held the training. Dr Nihar Mehta, consultant cardiologist at Jaslok Hospital and Research Centre said, "The CPR training was arranged to create awareness. Many times, if there is an accident or building collapse, police officers are the first to reach the spot. In such cases, if required, they can save the person's life. Police do get basic training during their police training sessions, but it needs to be updated. People need to revise the training they received."
Appreciating the session, Deepak Devraj, spokesperson and DCP of Mumbai Police said, "From every police station, two police officials attended the training session so they can further spread the knowledge to other officials.
Keeping in mind the need to save lives, we have decided to take a step towards awareness of CPR training. The event has benefited our officials as they now understand the basic need of CPR."
"With the help of dummies, we were able to provide exact technical knowledge. The need for CPR comes unexprectedly, therefore everybody must be aware of the process," added Dr Mehta.
Barriers to health
A recent Saffolalife study's finding regarding barriers to stay heart healthy in Mumbai states:
- 78% feel they have long working hours which comes in their way of putting efforts towards having a healthy heart.
- 70 % feel they don't get enough sleep and it's a barrier to keep their heart healthy
- 66% state they spend long hours travelling every day, which is why they don't get time to put in the required efforts to stay healthy
- 66 % feel stress at home acts as a barrier to health
- 56 % feel they don't have space to exercise
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