Muharram: 11,000 rescuers deployed across Punjab
Muharram procession is being taken out in Punjab's Attock district. PHOTO: NNI
The Punjab Emergency Service (PES) provided emergency care to 57,112 mourners of Muharram processions while providing emergency cover to 3,139 events across Punjab during the first 10-days of Muharram.
Out of the total, 56,260 mourners who sustained injuries owing flagellate were provided dressings and appropriate first aid while 852 having severe injuries and deep cuts were shifted to hospitals for advanced medical care.
Over 11,000 rescuers, 600 motorcycle ambulances, 763 emergency and patient transfer ambulances and 371 fire and rescue vehicles including specialised vehicles were deputed to provide medical and rescue service across Punjab.
The spokesperson for Rescue 1122 said as many as 11,000 rescuers and 1,798 volunteers performed Muharram duties in three shifts across Punjab.
Published in The Express Tribune, September 1st, 2020.