By Imtiaz Hussain
GAMBAT: Around 200 medical and allied health sciences students attended a CPR skills workshop and practical competition at the Pir Abdul Qadir Shah Jeelani Institute of Medical Sciences (PAQSJIMS), GIMS Hospital Gambat, on Thursday.
The event aimed to improve life-saving skills, clinical confidence and emergency response capabilities among students of MBBS, BS Technology and BS Nursing programmes.
The programme began with a lecture by Dr Bakhtiar Ahmed Bhanbhro, head of the Department of Paediatrics at GIMS Hospital Gambat. He explained the importance of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), essential procedures and its role in saving lives during cardiac emergencies.
The practical training was conducted by Medinostic Health Care (Pvt) Ltd. Its master trainers, Hassaan Akhtar and Haziq Rashid, travelled from Karachi to Gambat to lead the hands-on sessions. Their expertise and efforts were appreciated by students and faculty members.
