To expedite the decision of the Union Health Ministry to impart life saving CPR (Cardio-Pulmonary Resuscitation) for common people, AIIMS Bhubaneswar organised a three-day workshop to provide CPR training to women (National Service Scheme) NSS volunteers.
The event organised in collaboration with the State Higher Education Department, was designed specifically for NSS women volunteers from 10 aspirational districts of the State. AIIMS Bhubaneswar Executive Director Dr Ashutosh Biswas along with noted social activist Padmashree Tulasi Munda inaugurated it on Tuesday.
The workshop will cover the basics of CPR (Cardio-pulmonary Resuscitation), adolescent health, menstrual hygiene, nutritional requirements of women, and common non-communicable diseases such as diabetes and hypertension, which are due to modern-day lifestyle, added Dr Biswas.
It will not only boost the confidence of these NSS women volunteers in handling common health problems in their families and communities, it also will give them an insight into the basics of a healthy life-style, said Tulasi Munda.
More than 200 NSS women volunteers and 19 programme officers from Koraput, Kalahandi, Mayurbhanj, Rayagada, Malkangiri, Balangir, Subarnapur and Nabarangpur participated in the workshop which will continue till February 8.
Among others, Regional Director, NSS, Bhubaneswar, Sarita Patel, Dean Dr PR Mohapatra, Medical Superintendent, AIIMS Bhubaneswar Dr Dillip Kumar Parida, Special Secretary, Department of Higher Education Manoranjan Nayak, SNO cum Deputy Secretary, Ramesh Chandra Behera, Dr Prabhas Ranjan Tripathy, Dr Prajna Paramita Giri and NSS Programme Coordinator AIIMS Dr Priyamadhab Behera were present.