Srinagar, July 15 -- Advisor to the Governor K Vijay Kumar on Monday chaired a high-level meeting, to discuss the modalities for creating an effective training programme for imparting Basic Life Support (BLS) training to the police personnel.

An official Spokesperson said that a detailed presentation was made by Principal RIHFW Dhobiwan with regard to the overview of Basic Life Support and BLS training being provided by the Health department and its proposal to provide BLS training to police personnel, for making them master trainers.

Dr Arshid Rafi, in his presentation, highlighted the importance of BLS training, especially for front liners, including people from the forces. He informed that BLS is a level of medical care, which is used ...