All schools to get CPR curriculum for first-aid soon: Salman Sufi.

ISLAMABAD -- Head of Prime Minister's Strategic Reforms Salman Sufi on Monday said that government under the direction of PM Shehbaz Sharif would soon add Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation in school's curriculum through which students would learn life saving first-aid skills.

The health department in collaboration with the education and other concerned departments would work on a detailed curriculum on first aid and basic cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) for students in federal government schools, he told this in an interview with PTV News.

He explained that federal government after one week would able to launch a national initiative of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) training across the country to save lives where immediate health facilities were not available.

Replying to a question, he said that an action plan for nationwide training drive will be announced next week, adding he said that every citizen must be made capable of saving others in times of...