Lucknow: A timely cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) administered by a doctor, with the help of RPF and GRP personnel, saved the life of a 55-year-old man travelling from Lucknow at Bareilly Junction.In an incident that occurred on Friday, the passenger, identified as Anil Kumar Sahu, a patient of Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences (SGPGI), Lucknow, arrived on train No. 12583. A video of the incident showed Sahu collapsing while climbing the stairs connecting platforms 2 and 3 at around 9 am after alighting from the train.RPF sub-inspector Ajayveer Singh and GRP constables Pradeep Sharma and Upendra Kumar immediately rushed to his aid and began CPR. As a crowd gathered at the spot, Dr Parmendra Maheshwari, a local resident who had come to the station to see off a relative, stepped in and provided emergency medical assistance.The combined efforts of the railway personnel and the doctor helped revive Sahu before he was shifted in a private autorickshaw to the Military Hospital in Bareilly Cantonment for further treatment.Speaking to TOI, Surendra Mohan Tripathi, a friend of Sahu, credited the doctor and the police personnel with saving Sahu’s life. “Dr Parmendra was like a godsend in reviving Anil. He was returning home from Lucknow after consulting doctors at SGPGI for his deteriorating health when the incident occurred. He is stable now,” Tripathi said.
