The Court was dealing with a suo motu Public Interest Litigation (PIL) petition initiated on the basis of a letter sent by Dr. KK Aggarwal, National President of Heart Care Foundation of India (HCFI) and a Padma Shree awardee.
The PIL sought setting up centres, in public places like courts, railways stations and metro, with staff trained in Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) and having automated external defibrillators (AED) to prevent deaths due to cardiac arrests.
Source: Barandbench
