4500 School students trained in Basic Life Support (BLS) from training conducted by experts from S.L Raheja Hospital – A Fortis Associate
- Activity designed to share the power with the
students to encourage to save lives on World Heart Day
Mumbai 29th
September, 2017: On the eve of World Heart Day
today, S.L. Raheja Hospital – A Fortis
Associate concluded its month-long initiative to empower the youth by imparting
Basic Life Support (BLS) training at schools and colleges in Mumbai. The first
leg of the initiative was conducted at St. Xavier’s College, which drew
participation from over 400 college-goers. Students from Shardashram School and
Antoni DaSilva High School, Dadar made for leg two of the initiative. A slogan competition
was also conducted on the premises; it was based on the World Heart Day Theme which
is ‘Small changes can make a powerful difference’ – highlighting that each individual,
irrespective of his age, can made a difference.
The BLS training was conducted at Shardashram School and Antonio DaSilva
High School, Dadar between 21st and 27th September, 2017.
As many as 4000 students from class 8th, 9th and 10th
classes participated in this exercise. Over 100 students from each of these
schools also participated in the slogan competition.
Speaking about the initiative, Dr
Bipin Chevale, Zonal Director, S. L Raheja Hospital – A Fortis Associate said,
“It is heartening to see so many
children, who will become responsible adults, participate with such enthusiasm.
Our initiative has helped us successfully engage with the youth to empower them
to administer Basic Life Support. This will help them tackle primary medical
emergencies till medical aid arrives. We must applaud the effort taken by the schools
and the college, and look forward to conduct more such activities that will
help us engage with the students.”
Commemorating the initiative, Principal of Antonio DaSilva High
School, Mrs. Susan Gomes, said, “The
session on BLS training has indeed made an impact on our students and we are proud
that over 4,000 participated in this
initiative. We appreciate and thank the medical staff
for equipping them with basics to help tackle emergencies. The students have
certainly taken home with them a lot of medical knowledge and can now implement
them, in times of need.”
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