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Kauvery Group of Hospitals installs AED at Sivan Park, K.K. Nagar. Inaugurated by MLA, Mr. Raja, it will provide medical assistance in times of distress. AED is programmed to detect and interpret ECG, deliver shock with battery and pad electrodes. It can be used by anyone with minimal training. Kauvery…

SC-appointed committee finds suicide major cause of 817 unnatural deaths in jails across India between 2017-2021. UP recorded highest number of suicides (101). Committee recommends building suicide-resistant cells/barracks, identifying potential hanging/anchoring points, providing psychological first aid, implementing health insurance schemes, and setting up a robust grievance redressal mechanism. SC to…

‘I had to help my son, take him to the hospital because nobody here gave us first aid,’ mother says

Usmaan Mahmood died in hospital after being stabbed in Thornton Heath on 13 June

An investigation into the contact the Met officers had with Mr Mahmood questioned whether the ‘first aid provided was appropriate and timely’

A MEDICAL student studying in St Andrews has helped to provide thousands of people in Ghana with paediatric first aid training as part of a summer…

Krishna Mohan, GUNTURYSR Congress Party leader & former MLA of Chirala Assembly Constituency, suffered snake bite on Mon. He rushed to Chirala Area Hospital, where doctors administered first aid & infusing anti snake venom. He showed no neurotoxic symptoms & was stable. He was taken to Manipal Hospital near Vijayawada…

On July 13, about 72 villagers, including 24 children, were evacuated to safety and were provided basic first aid by the Trishakti Corps of the Indian Army. 

According to baby and child first aid services organisation CPR Kids, parents should avoid putting their baby to sleep if the child is wearing a hoodie, bonnet or beanie