Karachi: Mayor Karachi Barrister Murtaza Wahab said that KMC in collaboration with Pakistan Life Savers Programme will train citizens to provide immediate emergency aid in case of heart attacks and injuries so that precious lives can be saved. It will be started from department of City Warden and we will train thousands of citizens especially youth so that we can proudly call Karachi city of life savers. He said that every year thousands of people in Karachi lost their lives due to heart attacks and after suffering serious injuries, precious lives are lost in these incidents, so considering importance of this issue, KMC has decided to pay immediate attention so that by providing awareness to citizens in this regard, family members and nearest people are able to give immediate medical assistance to patient in most crucial and critical moments.

He said that efforts of Pakistan Life Saver Programme in this regard are commendable and that is reason why we have settled preliminary matters with them. Scope of this program will be gradually extended to entire city.

Mayor said that Karachi is among seven largest cities in world and training of citizens is organised in all international cities of this level around world. With this training in event of fire, accident, heart attack, stroke, serious injury, people can help each other immediately and most of patients get better before reaching hospital and their lives are saved. He said that KMC hospitals are also being improved and made functional where large number of citizens come for treatment every day, but now citizens will also be trained in this regard to make this city better in this aspect of civic life also.

Published in The Daily National Courier, January, 15 2024

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