KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 15 – The National Heart Institute (IJN) here will collaborate with Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM) to reduce incidence of death from heart attack and related complications. IJN Clinical chief officer Datuk Dr Rosli Mohd Ali said lack of awareness about cardiopulmonary resusitation (CPR) was among the factors that contributed to the rise in fatalities.
“Medical practitioners had been expressing their concern over the lack of awareness about CPR among members of the public. So we decided to have this cooperation with UKM which has one of the biggest CPR training centres in Malaysia,” he said at the signing of the memorandum of agreement between the two sides here Monday.
The signing of the memorandum of agreement between the two sides here was also present by IJN chief executive officer Datuk Dr Mohd Azahari, consultant cardiologist and IJN CPR Faculty director Datuk Seri Azahari Rosman, and UKM vice chancellor Prof Datuk Dr Noor Azlan Ghazali.
