KARACHI: Pakistan Rangers, Sindh has established 10 “heatstroke relief centres” at different locations in the metropolis to provide relief to the people affected by the ongoing heatwave.

Doctors and paramedical staff will be available at each centre to handle the heatstroke patients, officials said on Monday.

The centres have been established at the following points: Rangers Training Centre and College Toll Plaza (tel: 36871683), Sindh Rangers Hospital, Block A, North Nazimabad (36670725), HQ 53 Wing, Baldia Town, (32814044), HQ 93 Wing, People’s Football Stadium, Mauripur Road (32032629), HQ 91 Wing, SITE Stadium (32597050), HQ 72 Wing, Kala Pull (99202545 & 99205489), HQ 83 Wing, Jamia Millia Malir (34491746), HQ 82 Wing, Muzaffarabad Colony (35080167), HQ 63 Wing, Karachi University (99261056) and HQ 44 Wing, North Karachi (36493000).

Published in Dawn, June 23rd, 2015

On a mobile phone? Get the Dawn Mobile App: Apple Store | Google Play

Opinion

Editorial

Border clashes
19 May, 2024

Border clashes

THE Pakistan-Afghanistan frontier has witnessed another series of flare-ups, this time in the Kurram tribal district...
Penalising the dutiful
19 May, 2024

Penalising the dutiful

DOES the government feel no remorse in burdening honest citizens with the cost of its own ineptitude? With the ...
Students in Kyrgyzstan
Updated 19 May, 2024

Students in Kyrgyzstan

The govt ought to take a direct approach comprising convincing communication with the students and Kyrgyz authorities.
Ominous demands
Updated 18 May, 2024

Ominous demands

The federal government needs to boost its revenues to reduce future borrowing and pay back its existing debt.
Property leaks
18 May, 2024

Property leaks

THE leaked Dubai property data reported on by media organisations around the world earlier this week seems to have...
Heat warnings
18 May, 2024

Heat warnings

STARTING next week, the country must brace for brutal heatwaves. The NDMA warns of severe conditions with...