Sindh Peoples Ambulance Service launched in Thatta and Sujawal

Sindh govt, Aman Foundation collaborate to launch 25 ambulances in the two districts

KARACHI: The Sindh government has launched the Sindh Peoples Ambulance Service in partnership with the Aman Foundation.

The service, launched in Sujawal and Thatta, can be reached by calling 1036. Some 206 locals have been hired, trained and deployed to provide emergency health services to the people of the two districts.

The service has been started with 25 ambulances equipped with basic life support facilities. Of the 25 ambulances, 12 have been given to Thatta and 10 to Sujawal, while three have been kept as a backup.



Speaking at the launching ceremony at CM House on Friday, Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah lauded former president and Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Co-chairperson Asif Ali Zardari for being the architect of public-private partnership in Sindh. "When he took over as president, he guided the Sindh government to launch megaprojects through public-private partnership mode because the provincial government had meagre resources to take them up," said Shah, adding that the government has, through public-private partnership, launched megaprojects such as the Jhirk-Mulakatiar Bridge on River Indus and Hyderabad-Mirpurkhas Road.

Shah said he was working hard to improve education and health services in the province. "This is the first step - the launch of an ambulance service in partnership with Aman Foundation in Thatta and Sujawal. A similar service would be started in each and every district of the province," he vowed, assuring that the Sindh government would provide the best health services to the people in every corner of the province.



Others who spoke on the occasion included Health Secretary Fazlullah Pechuho, who briefed the participants of the event on the operation of the service, and Aman Foundation Chief Executive Officer Malik Ahmed Jalal, who spoke about the operation of his service and assured participants that the service in Thatta and Sujawal would be very efficient and effective.

PPP Chairperson Bilawal Bhutto Zardari said the Sindh government has realised the dream of Benazir Bhutto by launching the state-of-the-art ambulance service to improve health services in Thatta and Sujawal.

He said that Benazir and Zulfikar Ali Bhutto always worked to provide the best services in every sector to the marginalised segment of society. He added that by launching the ambulance service in partnership with the Aman Foundation, the Sindh government had actually realised the dream of the party's martyred leadership.



Bilawal said this is the beginning of a new era under which the poor people of Thatta and Sujawal will be able to transport their patients to any suitable health facility established by the Sindh government in the surrounding areas. He said that the collective wisdom of the PPP leadership and Sindh government has translated into a genuine service for the people of the province and this ambulance service would also be extended to the other districts of the province.