Lahore: Punjab government has decided to launch a Rescue Air Ambulance Service in the province.
The decision was taken at a high-level meeting chaired by Punjab Chief Minister Sardar Usman Buzdar in Lahore on Sunday.
Addressing the meeting, the Chief Minister said Punjab Emergency Service will get a new identity with launch of the Rescue Air Ambulance Service.
He said Punjab will be the first province in the region to launch such service and it would help in providing rescue services to far-flung areas of the province.
“This initiative is the need of the hour as human lives matter and getting timely treatment is the right of every citizen,” he said while claiming that the provincial authorities have made remarkable achievements in improving health infrastructure in the province.
He said that the services provided by Rescue 1122 were even acknowledged at the global forums.
It is pertinent to mention here that previously private organizations have managed the air ambulances in the country.
