October 14, 2025

NEW DELHI: Hold your breath because the Health Ministry just dropped a powerful lifesaver! On Monday, they launched a big nationwide CPR awareness drive to fight the silent killer - sudden cardiac arrest. Guess who’s leading the charge? All the top medical institutes in the country! Union Health Secretary Punya Salila Srivastava fired up the campaign by saying the dream is huge: “We want every household, every school, every office, and even public places to have at least one person trained in this lifesaving CPR magic.” Why? Because sudden cardiac arrest is a sneaky villain causing many sudden deaths in India. Here’s the scary part: nearly 70% of cardiac arrests happen outside hospitals. That means when someone collapses, medical help isn’t right there - and that could be deadly. But wait, here’s the good news! Right at that moment, a quick CPR can flip the script. As Srivastava said, “In these critical moments, timely administration of CPR can significantly improve survival outcomes.” Want some jaw-dropping numbers? The American Heart Association says doing CPR immediately can double or even triple a person’s chances to live after a cardiac arrest. And here’s a fresh scoop from the British Medical Journal: if you start CPR within one minute of cardiac arrest, the person’s chance to survive shoots up to 22%. But if it’s delayed till 39 minutes, survival chances crash to just 1%! Talk about a race against time. So, this electrifying CPR campaign is not just a health initiative - it’s a life-saving revolution. The Ministry wants every Indian to become a CPR champ, ready to jump into action and save precious lives. Who knew a little training could make such a huge difference? Get ready, India - help is on the way!

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Tags: Cpr awareness, Cardiac arrest, Health ministry, Sudden death, Life-saving technique,