KARACHI: Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah on Tuesday launched Rescue 1122 emergency service in Karachi.
The launching ceremony of the Sindh Emergency Service was held at Karachi Metropolitan Corporation (KMC) sports complex.
Addressing the ceremony, the chief minister said the service was initially launched in Karachi with 50 ambulances and would be expanded to other cities of the province.
He said the Rescue 1122 service will be launched in all districts of the province and 230 ambulances would be procured this year in collaboration with the World Bank.
He shared that the government was planning to merge all emergency services including police, fire brigade, and other services. “Ambulance, firefighting, police and other emergency services will also be included in the Rescue 1122 service,” he added.
He further shared that the Rescue 1122 Centre would be set up in all the districts with divisional headquarters in each division.
Rescue 1122 service has become operational from today in #Karachi. Chief Minister #Sindh has formally launched the project initiated with the support of World Bank which will further be expanded to the entire province of Sindh pic.twitter.com/8pVxVs5c55
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