Madurai: Over 1,200 trainees of Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) would be trained in administering first aid by St. John’s Ambulance personnel at the ITBP camp at Iluppaikudi.
Deputy Inspector General (ITBP) Austine Eapen said at the inaugural function of the training programme that the ITBP personnel were deployed in hilly terrains, along the borders and at times of war had to assist the army.
Vadivel Mugunthan, chairman of St. John’s Ambulance, said the ITBP personnel who were posted in remote areas without hospitals had to learn how to attend to wounds and injuries to save their lives till they were taken to hospital. |
