ISLAMABAD, Pakistan: The National Assembly was informed on Wednesday that the federal government would establish Emergency Response Centres at every 40 km distance of Motorways across the Country.
Responding to a question of Pakistan People’s Party’s (PPP) Shahida Rehmani in the National Assembly, the State Minister for Communication Junaid Anwar Chaudhry told the House that the decision by the federal government to establish Emergency Response Centres on Motorways aims at to provide prompt treatment facilities to commuters and accident victims.
The minister said that Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi has accorded approval to the project, adding that the physical work on establishing the Emergency Response Centres would be started from mid-March.
Junaid Anwar Chaudhry said that three Trauma Centres are operational at M-1, N-45 Rashaki, M-9, S-94 Nooribad and at M-9, N-32 Karachi while three Trauma Centres are still non-operational.
The state minister said that yet these Trauma Centres are insufficient and there is a dire need to establish Medical and Trauma Centres along with side the Highways to provide prompt medical facilities to the distresses road users.
