The officials of Rescue 1122 take part in a mock exercise in Peshawar on the occasion of International Day to Commemorate Traffic Accident Victims. —White Star
The officials of Rescue 1122 take part in a mock exercise in Peshawar on the occasion of International Day to Commemorate Traffic Accident Victims. —White Star

PESHAWAR: The Rescue 1122 on Saturday arranged an event in connection with the World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims and shared necessary information with the participants.

The event was held on the premises of the emergency service where some demonstrations were also arranged to prove that the relevant staff was able to rescue victims in different disasters, including road accidents, earthquakes, floods, etc.

Rescue 1122 spokesman, Bilal Ahmed Faizi, said that since January to mid Nov, 2015, some 6,000 traffic accidents had taken place in the provincial metropolis and Mardan district where 6,000 people had sustained wounds. He added the 1122 rescuers had timely shifted the injured to the nearest hospitals after giving them first-aid.

Of these accidents, he said 80 per cent involved motorbikes and the victims were mostly underage. He said the rescue body had properly maintained a training wing which had so far imparted training up to 10,000 people in the government and private sector organisations to help the people while in need.

Published in Dawn, November 15th, 2015

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