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	Pakistan: Lahore Toy Factory Gutted by Late-Night Fire, Rescue 1122 Spun into Action
	Lahore: Reports say a small industrial unit located on Brandreth Road caught fire late in the night. Punjab’s celebrated emergency responder, Rescue 1122, spun into action as soon as it received the distress call. According to officials, 6 fire tenders took part in the operation. No casualties were reported in the incident; however merchandise/machines worth millions went up in smoke. Moreover, contiguous buildings were also evacuated as a safety measure.
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	Pakistan: Swat to Have Rescue 1122 Service Soon
	Swat: Following the directives of Chief Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Pervaiz Khattak, Commissioner Malakand division has started work to set up Rescue 1122 emergency service in Swat. The commissioner February 10 Monday held a meeting with Deputy Commissioner Swat and directed him to select piece of land for acquisition so that the services could be started in Swat district, said a hand out issued here from Commissioner Malakand division Office. It said that the CM Khyber Pakhtunkhwa had directed the Commissioner to set up the emergency service at five places in Malakand division including Swat to cope with
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	Pakistan: Sleepless Surgeons : YDA Seeks Emergency Wards Duty Hours Cut
	Lahore: A post-graduate trainee at Mayo Hospital and office member of the Young Doctors’ Association, Dr Salman Kazmi, has written a letter to the Punjab Healthcare Commission in the absence of the current YDA secretary-general to reduce the working hours of house officers and post-graduate students. It states that many doctors he had seen had been sleep-deprived assisting lead surgeons at the emergency operation theater. Dr Faisal Akram* said he had fallen asleep during a surgery. The assistant professor in-charge had then issued him a warning. Akram said “I had serving in surgical emergency for 48 hours without a break. I lost
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	Pakistan: PIMA Plans Trauma, General Hospital
	Karachi: “Pakistan Islamic Medical Association (PIMA) will set up trauma and general hospital cum institute of disaster management in Karachi, it will be free for non-affording people while PIMA healthcare network and medical university will also be developed in later phases” Prof Ahmed Fawad said this while addressing a disaster relief management seminar arranged under aegis of PIMA. Prof Ahmed Fawad Prof of Surgery & Head of Division of Urology Ziauddin University Karachi highlighting PIMA relief efforts further said PIMA is also working to bring together like
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	Pakistan: Lahore Airport to Test Emergency Standards
	Lahore: A meeting presided by Airport Manager, AlIama Iqbal International Airport Lahore, Syed Aamir Mehboob, held on March 08 Saturday, decided to conduct a Full Scale Airport Emergency Exercise as per International Civil Aviation Organisation Standards on March 11, said spokesman of CAA. The aim of exercise is to test the response of all internal/external agencies as per Crisis Emergency Response Plan (CERP) and test of Fire Fighting Equipment.According to the spokesman, one aircraft will be used for the exercise. Upon receipt of emergency call, Fire Brigades of Pakistan Civil Aviation Authority and Pakistan Air Force will respond dummy air
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Pakistan: Lahore Toy Factory Gutted by Late-Night Fire, Rescue 1122 Spun into Action

Pakistan: Swat to Have Rescue 1122 Service Soon

Pakistan: Sleepless Surgeons : YDA Seeks Emergency Wards Duty Hours Cut

Pakistan: PIMA Plans Trauma, General Hospital

Pakistan: Lahore Airport to Test Emergency Standards

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