Rescue 1122 receives 21517 calls
By Asim Hussain

ISLAMABAD—The Punjab Emergency Service (Rescue 1122) Rawalpindi, responded 302 emergency calls out of total received 21517 calls since the Service was formally inaugurated.
Official source in Rescue 1122 told APP that calls received on the toll free number of the service is responded immediately through effective wireless communication system by nearest Rescue station.
The Control Room monitors response time when a call is received till the Ambulances reaches at incident site, he added. It has been observed that 140 Emergencies of road traffic accidents were managed with efficient and effective response, rescue, medical treatment and safe transportation by trained emergency medical technicians.
Patients were not only timely shifted to hospitals but they were given first aid during hospitalization to minimize the morbidity and mortality by giving emergency medical care in first hour.
He said 40 fire emergencies were managed professionally, adding that the rescuers reached a place of fire at Haji Chowk in Sadiqabad market within five minutes and extinguished the fire. The Service took part into two major incidents of Bomb blast, one at Qasim Market and another at RA Bazar, he said adding that the victims were shifted to Allied Hospitals of Rawalpindi, he said.
The Service also responded promptly to incident of Wall Collapse at Mureer Hussan and saved lives of two labourers, who got buried under the debris of collapsed wall.
The Service dealt with average 6 to 7 emergencies daily with average response time 6 minutes, he said adding that data showed that information seeking, kids, boys and girls disturbing, wrong and distorted calls were more in number as compared to genuine emergency calls.
Patients were not only timely shifted to hospitals but they were given first aid during hospitalization to minimize the morbidity and mortality by giving emergency medical care in first hour.