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A total of 779 Filipino community members joined the record-breaking CPR Marathon 2018 organized by The University of Hong Kong's Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine-Emergency Medicine Unit on 3-4 February 2018.

Of the total, 600 OFWs were members of the Domestic Workers Empowerment Project (DWEP) led by its President and Founder, Philippine-born Dr. Michael Manio. The event was held at the Fire and Ambulance Services Academy in Tseung Kwan O.

A total of 3,027 CPR attempts were conducted during the CPR Marathon, breaking the previous Guinness Book of World Records title of 2,619 made in India.

Philippine Consulate General Attaché Lew Wesley Nuere (left) with Dr. Michael Manio. President and Founder of the Domestic Workers Empowerment Prohect, (right) and Dr. Karen Fan of the University of Hong Kong, during the record-breaking CPR Marathon on 4 February 2018.
OFW members of the Domestic Workers Empowerment Project simulate CPR during the CPR Marathon on 4 February 2018.
Poster for the CPR Marathon 2018 organized by The University of Hong Kong's Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine-Emergency Medicine Unit on 3-4 February 2018.