Motorcycle ambulances ready for Multan streets

Rescue 1122 spokesperson says motorcycle staff will perform duty in shifts & respond to emergencies in narrow streets

MULTAN: Rescue 1122 motorcycle ambulance service would be made operational in city from next week. Rescue 1122 spokesperson Abdul Jabbar said on Saturday 70 out of 100 motorcycle ambulances have reached in the city and the remaining would reach on Sunday (today).

He said that a ceremony would be conducted the next week for making service formally operational in the city. He said motorcycle staff would perform duty in two shifts and they would respond emergencies occurring in narrow streets, especially walled city areas.

He said the service would also respond to the emergencies where only first-aid would be needed.

Abdul Jabbar said the staff was fully trained and equipped with the latest medical equipment to handle any emergency effectively. He said Rescue 1122 Multan was responding over 120 emergencies daily in city with an average time of seven minutes.

The motorcycle ambulance service staff would perform emergency duty of medical entry test at Bahauddin Zakariya University being held on Sunday (today).

Published in The Express Tribune, October 29^th, 2017.