Rescue 1122 Muzaffargarh May 2017 Performance Reviewed

MUZAFFARGARH, June 3 (Muzaffargarh.City – 03rd Jun, 2017 ) : District Emergency Officer Rescue 1122 Dr Irshad-ul-Haq chaired a meeting here Saturday to review performance of rescuers during May 2017.

Officials informed the meeting that Rescue 1122 maintained its average response time of seven minutes, says an official release. They said that Rescue 1122 control room received 35,020 calls during the month including 1,586 of emergency nature, which were responded timely.

Rescue 1122 responded to exactly 382 calls of accidents, 928 emergency medical, 45 crime and 37 fire incidents.

Rescuers also responded to four incidents of drowning and 190 other miscellaneous incidents.

Rescue 1122 rescued overall 1,664 persons, 238 of them were provided first aid and another 1,420 were shifted to hospitals. Rescue 1122 shifted 1,000 patients from one hospital to another under the patient referral service in May. Rescue 1122 conducted two mock exercises at river Chenab in which other departments also participated.