Karachi:Karachi city urgently needs state-of-the-art ambulances to cater to the needs of 2.5 million population of city as well as well to prevent people from rain emergency like situation and other disasters in the future.
President, Pakistan Medical Association (PMA), Sindh, Dr Mirza Ali Azhar, while talking to PPI, said the Sindh government must up-grade ambulance services across the Sindh province, particularly in Karachi on the patron of international standard ambulance services to provide quality first-aid treatment facilities to patients by shifting them in health care centers.
He said rescue ambulances run by welfare organizations and Sindh government are not properly equipped with first-aid treatment facilities. He said every ambulance should be equipped with oxygen cylinder, life-saving medicines and skilled medical staff.
He offered that PMA is ready to train the staff and volunteers of both government and private ambulance services about the basics of first-aid treatment in order to provide quality service.
He said every teaching hospital of Karachi must be given state of the art ambulances and these vehicles must be equipped with latest life-saving facilities. He said public sector hospitals ambulances services should be equipped with advance facilities and staff should be trained to provide first-treatment facilities to patients in shifting to hospitals.
Dr Mirza said Sindh government and private rescue organizations had failed to play their due role in rain emergency like situation in Karachi and other parts of province. He said planning and vision have been needed to avert rain emergency and disasters in future.
He said deteriorated condition of government hospitals ambulances have showed that how much provincial health department officials are sincere in provision of health facilities to general public. He said Karachi urgently needed state-of-the-art ambulance services to cater the needs of 2.5million population as well as to prevent people from emergency-like situation in future.
He feared with current heavy rains can cause flood like situation in coming in weeks in Sindh province therefore authorities concerned should make comprehensive strategy to prevent people from further disaster.