Seven months after learning how to perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), Mr Islam Mohammad Shariful used his new skills to save a fellow migrant worker’s life. Mr Shariful, a facility maintenance technician and cleaner at Westlite Tuas Avenue 2, had been alerted on...
Mr Karunanithi Prabhakaran guiding Mr Ganapathi Kaliyamoorthy on how to perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation on Mr Mohan Satheesh Kumar in a demonstration.Seven months after learning how to perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation , Mr Islam Mohammad Shariful used his new skills to save a fellow migrant worker’s life.
More migrant workers have been trained to perform CPR and use automated external defibrillators in recent years, skills that could help not only workers at worksites, but also members of the public during emergencies. Some, like Mr Shariful, join SCDF’s programmes. ACE chief medical officer Lee Heow Yong said: “The aim is to build resuscitation readiness at areas where migrant workers predominantly work and live.” He added that such skill sets would foster a safer living environment.
More than 5,000 migrant workers and dormitory operators have been trained since the project started in October 2021.Mr Shariful, who received an award from his company for his heroic efforts, said he was grateful he learnt CPR. Not all cases have a happy ending. On June 24, Mr Saminathan Raghunath, 43, a safety coordinator at engineering firm Onyo Engineering, collapsed at the ASPRI-Westlite Papan Dormitory near Jurong East while watching a movie on his mobile phone.
Mr Prabhakaran was on home leave in India at the time. He visited Mr Raghunath’s family. He said: “If we knew CPR, maybe we could have helped him... we only feel it when this happened to our friend.”
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