A Consultant Cardiologist, Ramon Moronkola, has urged the three tiers of government to evolve policies aimed at boosting citizens’ ability to administer Cardiopulmonary resuscitation .
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CPR is a technique designed to temporarily circulate oxygenated blood through the body of a person whose heart has stopped.
It involves effective and timed chest compression done on an individual that has suffered a cardiac arrest with timely usage of cardiac defibrillator.
Moronkola said that training and increasing public awareness of CPR holds a long-term benefit for the well-being of citizens and the country.
To remedy the situation, he said that government should embark on sensitisation and training of citizens, starting with the military, paramilitary, police, road and traffic officials on basic CPR procedures.
