PIMS to train 4000 police officers on first aid, trauma handling
By Saad Saud

ISLAMABAD—Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS) is giving training to 4000 officers of National Highways & Motorway Police on First Aid and Trauma Handling.
In this regard, a ceremony was held at PIMS to distribute certificates amongst the officers of second batch, who completed their course. The Caretaker Federal Minister for Health Mr. Ejaz Rahim was the chief guest of the ceremony, while IG, NH&MP and ED, PIMS, Islamabad were also present. While addressing the participants the Minister for Health said that this course is of international standards, which has been recognized by Advocacy International Group of UK. He said that after getting the training, the officers of motorway police would be more confident and capable in handling the trauma accident cases.
He also said that Motorway Police depicts the good picture of nation and interest of this force towards service for the nation is commendable. He added that the officers of motorway police have been given practical training by internationally recognized professionals and now they are able to tackle any kind of emergency in case of any accident.
In the ceremony, the country manager of WHO HE Mehmood Bilay and HE the Ambassador of Yemen were also present. On the occasion, Minister for Health said that Motorway Police is doing its best towards the service to humanity and I consider that the role of NH&MP in case of any accident is very pivotal and they can be compared with any police force in the world. Before this, the Inspector General, National
Highways & Motorway Police Mr. Muhammad Raffat Pasha said that in case of any accident first half an hour is very important and with the completion of this course Motorway Police will play very important role in saving the precious lives. He said that motorway police consider the help of humanity as a sacred purpose and these are the reasons that not only people but also the government pay respect to this force. He said that if any injured person is timely shifted to hospital, his life can be saved, as time is very much important in emergency cases. He said that motorway police and the doctors are doing the same thing as saving job in saving of people and this course would be headway in this respect. On this occasion, the ED, PIMS Dr. Abdul Majeed Rajpoot showered light on the objectives of course and said that with this course, the officers of NH&MP will become able to provide efficient first aid, proficient in handling the fractured bones, help the victims of heart attach and in this way they will succeed in saving the precious lives of humanity.
The Minister for Health also said that in the Cardiac center of PIMS, the government employees would be provided free medicines and in this respect, 30 million rupees has been provided to concerned quarters. A project worth 20 billion rupees to train the nurses and midwives on modern lines has also been approved and latest operation machinery including the machinery working with alpha , beta and gamma rays is also being imported which will help in operation of different parts of body without surgery and for these machinery the government has approved 50 crore rupees. In the end of the ceremony the Minister for Health distributed the certificates amongst the officers who completed the course and IG, NH&MP presented a shield to the Minister for Health.