CARES ready to handle any emergency: mayor Islamabad

Service located in urban centre being expanded to rural areas of capital

ISLAMABAD: Prompt emergency services save precious lives and CARES Service of Metropolitan Corporation Islamabad (MCI)) is efficient enough to tackle any emergency in the capital, Mayor and CDA Chairman Anser Aziz said on Sunday.

The service, established at selected locations with a sizeable population, was being expanded to rural areas as well after, he said.

Aziz expressed these views during a monthly meeting held at CDA headquarters to review performance of CARES.

The meeting was apprised that CARES 1122 of MCI received 499 calls of different emergency nature during the month of May, 2017. All calls were responded to promptly and after providing first aid the victims of different incidents were shifted to the nearest medical facility.

The mayor was informed that out of 499 emergency calls, 389 were about traffic accidents.

These calls were received from the areas of Korang Morr Bahria Enclave, Shakarparian Highway, Faizabad Towards Zero point, Aabpara near Ambassador Hotel, Zero Point Kashmir Highway, Sohan Signal Stop, Sector G-9/1 Karachi Company, near Lakeview Park, Sector G-6/2, Peshawar Morr, I-9/2, Sanam Chowk, Zero Point Picket, Sector G-11 Signal Kashmir Highway, Dhok Kala Khan Stop Highway, near Shahdra Morr, Islamabad Chowk, IJP Metro Station, Karal to Faizabad Iron Bridge Thana Sabzi Mandi Police line Road, Soahn to Faizabad, Lathral Road Ghori Garden and others.

Officials said that 88 calls regarding unconscious patients were also received during the said period from different areas of the city.

Published in The Express Tribune, June 19^th, 2017.