On Friday, september 28, the day before World heart Day, a Hyderabadi nri living in saudi arabia passed away while playing cricket. Mohammed Atif Khan, 52, a resident of Muradnagar in Hyderabad, died after going into cardiac arrest while playing cricket at a field in Rakha, Al Khobar. Atif Khan seemed to be in good shape during the first quarter of the game. However, he abruptly had excruciating chest agony and passed out. The other players raced to his aid.

Atif Khan was brought to a local polyclinic and then transferred to a hospital shortly after the event. But when his oxygen level dropped, he passed away. The player left behind a wife and three kids, all of whom still reside in Hyderabad. The scenario may have been different, according to Dr. Abhijeet Vergees, a well-known doctor in Al Khobar, if CPR had been administered sooner.

When describing CPR, Dr. Vergees noted, "Every second matters when a person's heart stops pumping. Before expert medical assistance comes, CPR helps maintain blood flow and oxygenation to the brain and other essential organs by performing crucial chest compressions and rescue breaths. CPR that is started quickly dramatically improves survival chances. A few neighbourhood initiatives are stepping forward to offer CPR fundamentals instruction. IWWO (Indian women Welfare Organisation) has sponsored training classes in qatar to teach CPR to the indian population.

Rajani Murthy, president of IWWO, who had organised CPR training in Doha, continued, "Learning CPR is now necessary." According to medical experts, a "alarming" number of young patients in the gulf area are developing cardiovascular disease and having heart attacks, with the start of the sickness being noted in people roughly 10-15 years earlier here than in other regions of the world.

Health professionals have warned that bad lifestyle choices, such as smoking, poor food, and insufficient exercise and sleep, have led to an increase in the number of people under 50 complaining of cardiac conditions. According to the World heart Federation, cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death in the Middle east and North Africa area, accounting for more than one-third of all fatalities annually, or around 1.4 million people.
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01/10/2023 10:02 AM