Ajanta Pharma records India's largest CPR campaign, Gets Recognised by Asia Book of Records
Mumbai: Ajanta Pharma, a specialty pharmaceutical formulation company, made it to the Asia Book of Records by conducting the largest life-saving CPR (Cardiopulmonary resuscitation) awareness and training campaign.
Ajanta organized 1000+ workshops across India where live demo/training was imparted to 27,000+ participants on Life Saving technique CPR by 1000+ highly trained doctors of the country. The campaign was conducted between April 2022 and February 2023 and was attended by doctors, paramedics, patients, and the general public.
As per the Global Burden of Disease study, the age-standardized CVD death rate of 272 per 100,000 population in India is higher than the global average of 235. Every minute 112 Indians are estimated to succumb to cardiac arrest. Most cardiac arrests occur outside the hospital, and the chances of survival decrease by 7 to 10 minutes with each passing minute. However, intervention with early CPR is associated with better prognosis and survival outcomes.
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