Hospital to restart emergency training (original) (raw)

MUMBAI: On a regular day Abdul Rasul, a resident of Mira Road, passes off for a businessman routinely going about his work.
But mention the word 'emergency' and this 47-year-old paramedic-volunteer deftly swings into action.
But he is not the only one adept in the technique of resuscitation or buzzing for an ambulance or taking the patient to the hospital.

Nearly 70 others including students and professionals were trained at the Bhaktivedanta Hospital to render emergency medical services (EMS).

Known as the 'EMS hub' in the Mira-Bhayander stretch, the 75-bed charitable hospital which had downed shutters after problems with the workers' union in 2004 will soon restart a programme to train willing Mumbaikars in first-aid techniques.
"It is an initiative to involve members of the community in providing healthcare,"says K Venkartaram, deputy director of the hospital.
Based on the principle of 'reaching the patient to the right hospital at the right time', the free training is held on Sundays for the convenience of working professionals.
"The hospital has trained nearly 50 staff in EMS and everyone from watchman to the nurse reacts patient is brought in,"he adds.
The city registers 25,000 accidents every year and trauma casualties are the third largest cause of death.