Madhya Pradesh: A woman police sub-inspector saved the life of an elderly man by performing cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) on him after he fainted on a busy road. The incident took place on Monday morning in Madhya Pradesh's Gwalior.
A video of the incident has surfaced on social media. Talking about the incident, sub-inspector Sonam Parashar said, "I was on duty at Gole Ka Mandir square, when a man informed me that a senior citizen had fainted on the road. I rushed to the spot and performed CPR on the elderly man, as I thought he had suffered a cardiac arrest."
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The man responded to the CPR, she said. The man has been identified as retired power company employee Anil Upadhyay. Later, the man was rushed to a hospital for treatment. Upadhyay's son Dr Amit Upadhyay thanked Parashar for her timely intervention that saved his father's life.
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Impressed by the cop's action, state Home Minister Narottam Mishra spoke with the woman cop and gave her a word of appreciation and encouragement.
(With inputs from PTI)
