2,400 to get training to fight drowning
Some 2,400 people across 20 villages of Raiganj upazila in Sirajganj will receive training in Cardio Pulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) to reduce the number of drowning in the country.
The trainee would include adolescents and key community members such as schoolteachers, religious leaders and government officials.
A number of instructors will receive special training on CPR techniques from International Drowning Research Centre, Bangladesh starting from today, says a press release.
The training is the part of a project that seeks to study the feasibility and effectiveness of CPR in reducing deaths from drowning in the country.
The procedure can be an effective tool to prevent deaths from drowning.
Drowning is the leading cause of death in Bangladesh for children under the age of 18.
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