Violent crimes are increasing in the city at an alarming rate. Every day newspaper readers are confronted with headlines of someone shot here or worse still, a bloodbath there in which a number of people are gunned down.

This unabated wave of violent crime is claiming several lives in a day. While a majority of them die due to unfettered use of firearms, there are also those whose lives could have been saved only if the law enforcement agencies and indeed the common folks had the knowledge of simple procedures that would stop/curtail the blood loss due to grievous injuries to make it possible for the victim to reach the hospital alive.

Not only is there lack of knowledge about basic first aid methods, there also seems to be total ignorance of the fact that victims of gunshot wounds or other injuries must be provided immediate first-aid with basic steps to stop bleeding. From the stories in the press it seems a lot of injured persons are dying mainly due to loss of blood.

The worst sufferers are the victims in outlying areas........

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