Doctor Trains 25,000+ People in Life-Saving CPR

Ankita Rao's husband collapsed at home, his heart stopped. She called an ambulance, then dropped to her knees and started chest compressions, just like Dr. Sivaranjani had taught her one month earlier. He survived.

Another woman trained by Dr. Sivaranjani found her toddler unresponsive and not breathing. She didn't freeze. After 31 attempts at CPR, her child began breathing again.

These aren't dramatic movie scenes. They're real moments when ordinary people became lifesavers because one doctor decided to teach them how.

Dr. Sivaranjani saw a problem most of us don't think about until it's too late. When someone's heart stops, every minute without CPR drops their survival chance by about 10%. Immediate CPR can double or triple those odds. But in India, only 1.3% to 9.8% of bystanders perform CPR during cardiac emergencies.

Most people simply don't know what to do when someone collapses in front of them.

So Dr. Sivaranjani started offering free CPR, first aid, and choking workshops. She trained teachers, parents, students, police officers, ASHA workers, corporate employees, and hospital staff. Over 25,000 people have learned from her so far.

But she didn't stop at training individuals. She's building something bigger.

The Ripple Effect

Parents started donating CPR mannequins to keep the training going. Nearly 40 have been donated so far, and 22 mannequins now sit in 22 medical colleges across Telangana.

Through the Goodwill Foundation, the movement has spread beyond one state. Training programs are now running in Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, Uttarakhand, Chhattisgarh, Haryana, and Punjab.

Dr. Sivaranjani calls it building an army. One person learns CPR, then teaches 10 others. Those 10 teach 100 more. The math isn't just theoretical anymore—it's happening.

Every person trained is another pair of hands ready to act when someone collapses at a market, a playground, or a family dinner. Every mannequin donated means hundreds more people learning to save lives.

Because when a heart stops, you can't wait for help to arrive—you have to be the help.