 Manipal Hospital launches Guardians of the Heart. This is a movement launched by Manipal Hospital to train the community of Bangalore in cardiopulmonary resuscitation. And this initiative is being led by the department of cardiology and cardiothoracic surgery in Manipal Hospital. Cardiac arrest occurs in India in an out-of-hospital setting very frequently. Nearly 8 lakh people suffer from out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. In this way, Manipal Hospital wants to train people to know about cardiopulmonary resuscitation so that the last majority of patients who suffer a cardiac arrest in out-of-hospital setting can be revived. Research shows that 10% of the people will suffer, will die without a CPR every one minute. And less than 1% in India know about CPR techniques. So this is an initiative taken by Manipal Hospital to train the people in CPR. I, Dr. Murli Krishna, senior consultant cardiothoracic surgeon at Manipal Hospital, Bangalore, hereby join Manipal Hospital's Guardians of the Heart. Let's take a pledge to save one's life.