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KARACHI , Aug 1: The city government has decided to establish a state-of-the-art ambulance network which will be linked with all major hospitals and the fire brigade department.
This was stated by City Nazim Mustafa Kamal while talking to newsmen on the occasion of handing over 10 newly-procured ambulances to the health department at the Civic Centre on Wednesday.
The ambulances were given to hospitals and maternity homes in Keamari, Bin Qasim, Landhi, Soldier Bazaar, Karachi Institute of Heart Diseases, Leprosy Hospital , Manghopir, KDA Employees Clinic and others.
The nazim said that the network of ambulances would be established as part of the city government's efforts to provide immediate rescue and health facilities to trauma patients.
In the next phase, he said, 10 new ambulances having mini-operation theatre would be procured which would also serve as mini-mobile hospitals. The ambulances, he said, would be equipped with a wireless system connected with hospitals.
He said the city government had planned to introduce a new toll-free number for the ambulance service and three centres would be established with medical staff at their disposal.
Mr Kamal said medical experts were consulted before giving final approval to the project. According to them, the initial 20 to 25 minutes were very crucial for a trauma patient and his life can be saved by providing first aid immediately.
Dr Vaqar Kazmi, Dr Nasir Javed, EDO Health and other officials were also present.
Meanwhile, City Nazim Syed Mustafa Kamal along with Gulshan-i-Iqbal Town Nazim Muhammad Wasay Jalil inaugurated a newly purchased loader for the sanitation department, PPI adds.
The loader has been purchased to enhance performance of the sanitation department. It will help the shifting of debris to landfill sites. Town Naib Nazim Shoaib Akhtar, TMO Shafiqur Rehman, DTO Solid Waste Nafees Khan, DTO M&R Nisar Soomro were also present. <more>
New airport to cost $400m
FATEH JANG, April 7: The New Islamabad International Airport inaugurated by President Gen Pervez Musharraf in Fateh Jang on Saturday will be built at a cost of $400 million.
It would be the first green-field airport in the country and would have state-of-the-art facilities, maximum passenger comfort and convenience, incorporating international construction standards and reflecting the cultural heritage of Pakistan.
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Rs. 32bn development projects cleared
ISLAMABAD , April 18: The Planning Commission has cleared 18 major development projects worth Rs32.1 billion which would now be formally approved by the Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (ECNEC) here on April 22.
Official sources told Dawn on Tuesday that the ECNEC meeting to be presided over by Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz would ensure that the finance division releases funds well in advance for new development projects. <more>
Sialkot-Lahore motorway project launched
SIALKOT , April 11: President Pervaiz Musharraf laid the foundation stone of the Sialkot-Lahore Motorway project at a ceremony held at Garrison Park in Sialkot Cantonment on Wednesday.
A sum of Rs23 billion will be spent on some 100 kilometre long road that will reduce the two-and-a-half hours long distance between Sialkot and Lahore to only one hour. <more>
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