Hospital ambulance services merged into Rescue 1122

PESHAWAR:

The ambulance service in the public sector hospitals is being formally merged into Rescue 1122 and an office has been opened in Khyber Teaching Hospital (KTH) in this regard.

Hospital Director Roohul Muqim and District Rescue Monitoring Officer inaugurated the Rescue 1122 office on Saturday.

The merger will enable the patients to avail the ambulance facility in a timely manner. The rescue ambulance service will be available round the clock and a three member staff and an ambulance will be on duty there all the time.

This office will be in constant touch with the nearby Rescue 1122 office to get more ambulances in the event of an emergency. The hospital director was briefed about the operation and services of the Rescue 1122 and he assured that a permanent office will be made available to the staff at the hospital.

 

Published in The Express Tribune, December 28^th, 2020.