Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah said on Friday that a Central Command and Control (CC&C) has been established in Karachi to provide ambulatory services, fire services, urban search and rescue services, and flood rescue services through helpline number 1122.
He said that it is the very first-time government-owned emergency rescue service is being launched in the province.
Talking to the media at the inauguration of the headquarters of Sindh Emergency Service, Rescue 1122 and its Central Command and Control (CC&C) at Gulshan-e-Iqbal, the CM said that state-of-the-art post-medical health facilities have been established in four districts of Karachi and one in Larkana along with the establishment of Rescue stations.
He said that the water rescue service would deal with the issues of urban flooding, and the plan was underway to integrate police emergency service into Rescue 1122.
He said that the 1122 service was working in all districts of Karachi, Larkana, Thatta, Sujawal, Qambar-Shahdadkot, and Hyderabad and will be launched in district Badin within the next two days.
He added that 12 districts would be added to Sindh Emergency Service Rescue 1122.
Murad Ali Shah announced that the Rescue service would also be established on main highways after every 50 km for which locations have already been identified, and work was under progress.
The CM said that the first batch of 107 cadets was provided with specialised rescue training from Punjab, and another batch of 315 cadets was under training.
Published in The Express Tribune, December 24th, 2022.
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