More than 4,700 people were provided medical aid in Bhakkar, Layyah and Mianwali and shifted to nearby hospitals on the occasion of Ashura.
More than 750 Rescue 1122 personnel and rescue scouts took part in it. Rescue 1122 Bhakkar District Emergency Officer Engineer Obaidullah told The Express Tribune that according to different emergency plans in Bhakkar, Darya Khan, Mankira, Kallur Kot, Hyderabad, Jandanwala, Daliwala and Behal, 3384 mourners were given medical aid on the spot while 103 people were given medical aid and shifted to the hospital.
More than 50 rescue scouts, including more than 250 rescue personnel, were on duty. Holidays for all rescue workers were canceled on Ashura.
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Waseem Shehzad, spokesman for Rescue 1122 Layyah, told The Express Tribune that 210 rescue personnel and 15 rescue scouts were on duty in Bhakkar District on the occasion of Ashura.
During this time, 22 special teams were formed to provide first aid to the mourners in which medical aid was given to 62 mourners while 2 were given medical aid and shifted to hospital.
District Emergency Officer Naveed Iqbal 1122 Mianwali told the Tribune that more than 1,198 mourners were rescued on Muharram 9 and 10.
Published in The Express Tribune, August 21st, 2021.
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