In a major step towards strengthening emergency healthcare services in Sindh, the Sindh Health Department’s central emergency medical services institution has inaugurated a new Emergency Services Operational Base in Dadu and launched a Rescue 1122 ambulance service at the Shaheed Makhdoom Bilawal Health Unit. The ceremony also marked the foundation stone laying of a state-of-the-art […]
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Three injured in Bannu ambulance attack
BANNU: Three people were injured when unidentified assailants opened fire on a private ambulance transporting a patient to Islamabad on Wednesday. The attack occurred at Sperka Chowk in Domel, where armed men signalled the ambulance to stop. When the driver did not comply, the assailants fired at the vehicle, injuring three people accompanying the patient […]
Sh Rashid promises 20 ambulances for Rescue 1122 service in Islamabad
Federal Interior Minister Sh Rashid Ahmed said that it was a great honour for the country that Pakistan Rescue Team (PRT) had become the first team in South Asia to get United Nations INSARAG Certification. On Thursday at the 2nd Anniversary of UN Certification he appreciated the efforts of DG PESD and his team for […]
Ambulances worth Rs 1.5 billion provided to Rescue 1122
LAHORE: Under the leadership of Punjab Chief Minister Sardar Usman Buzdar, new ambulances have been provided to Rescue 1122 with an amount of Rs.1.5 billion besides introducing important institutional reforms to provide world-class services to the people. In a statement issued on Wednesday, the CM said Rescue 1122 has been revamped and emergency service is […]
New Zealand police arrest man in Christchurch after reports of bomb threat
New Zealand police arrested a man in Christchurch on Tuesday following reports of a possible bomb threat in the city, where 50 people were killed in attacks by a lone gunman on two mosques in March. Police cordoned off streets in the Phillipstown area of the city on New Zealand’s South Island, with a bomb […]
Sad story on the World Health Day — 1,757 children under 5-years of age died
As many as 1,757 newborns died in three units of Paeds Medicine Department (PMD) of the Chandka Medical College Hospital (CMCH), Larkana, during 2018 against admission of 25,702 out of which 18,421 children were discharged, 1,633 were referred to other hospitals and 2,146 Left Against Medical Advice (LAMA) during the same 12 months. This was […]