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Pakistan: Rescue 1122 to Induct New Dedicated USAR Units |
Rawalpindi: Rescue 1122 has started inductions for its Urban Search and Rescue (USAR) units at the divisional level.\r\nRescue 1122 Director General Brig (r) Dr Arshad Zia said that the move has come on the directives issued by the Punjab chief minister who want dedicated USAR teams to enhance the operational capacity of the emergency service.He said that the induction process for recruiting USAR teams consisting of 50 members for Lahore and Rawalpindi divisions has been started after giving recruitment advertisement in newspapers in this regard. |
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Pakistan: Govt to Upgrade Trauma Services at DHQ Hospitals |
Peshawar: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Health Department is upgrading trauma services at the district headquarters hospitals in the province to give proper care to the victims of terrorism at the local level.\r\n“During the coming six months the government will work on the up gradation of health care services at the district headquarters hospitals,” secretary health Jamal Yousaf told Dawn. The government has started a massive exercise to procure equipment and medicines and scale up infrastructure to improve trauma services to provide medical care to the critically-injured people at the DHQ hospitals. |
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Pakistan: Emergency Crews Take Part in Large-Scale Disaster Drill |
The Pakistan Red Crescent Society (PRCS) is training district officers for first aid preparedness in all colleges and universities in collaboration with the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC).\r\nThe training is being imparted to newly-recruited ‘first aiders’ from across the country, and was held at the Pakistan Boy Scout Association (PBSA) ground in the capital. |
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Pakistan: Campaign to Give Way to Ambulances Launched |
Karachi: A public-service campaign was launched on Thursday (10 March) to give way to ambulances and generally increase respect for ambulance services.\r\nJoining forces for the important cause include the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), Edhi Foundation, Aman Foundation, Indus Hospital, Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre and Jinnah Sindh Medical University. |
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Pakistan: 80 Ambulances Donated by China Distributed Among Provinces |
Karachi: Federal Minister of State for National Health Services Saira Afzal Tarar on Friday (18 March) said poor health indicators were shameful for all and stressed that there was a need for coordinated efforts to improve the overall healthcare situation in the country.She said this at a programme held to distribute Chinese-donated ambulances among the provinces at the Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre (JPMC).\r\nThe Chinese government donated 80 modern life-saving ambulances to Pakistan, of which 20 each were given to Punjab and Sindh, 10 to Islamabad, 8 each to Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan, five each to Azad Jammu and Kashmir and Gi |
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