TAXILA: The Punjab Emergency Service 1122 Attock district provided medical assistance to 30,923 people in crisis with an average response time of 3.40 minutes during the year 2023, said District Emergency Officer Ali Hussain.

He, along with the spokesman of the District Emergency Office, Aamir Nawaz, briefed the newsmen about the annual performance of Rescue 1122 on Tuesday.

He said that the Rescue 1122 district Attock tackled different kinds of emergencies over the year, as the Rescue 1122 control room received a total of 182674 phone calls in 2023, of which 30,923 were emergency calls.

These included 3,028 road traffic accidents, 22,963 medical emergencies, 422 fire incidents, 431 crime cases, 11 drowning incidents, and 3,095 miscellaneous emergencies. He said that 1122 staff rescued a total of 30,821 people, out of which 5,383 people were provided first aid on the spot, 25,199 people were shifted to the hospital while giving first aid, and 239 people died on the spot.

He added that in addition, 3305 people were shifted to government hospitals in Rawalpindi to provide better medical facilities to patients under patient transfer service (PTS). He further added that the Rescue 1122 Motorbike Service provided first aid to 3421 patients in 3102 emergencies.

Published in Dawn, January 3rd, 2024