USAID hands over eight satellite rescue stations to KP govt
Satellite rescue stations connected with wireless equipment and other state-of-the-art medical and technical facilities would be placed at major highways.
PESHAWAR: To improve health emergency response to road traffic accidents, eight satellite rescue stations and 11 ambulances were handed over to the KP government under Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Reconstruction Program (KPRP) funded by USAID.
The handing/taking over ceremony was held at the Chief Minister House Peshawar on Tuesday with Chief Minister Sardar Ali Amin Khan Gandapur as chief guest.
Minister for health Qasim Ali Shah, Chief Secretary Nadeem Aslam Chaudhry, administrative secretaries of concerned departments, US Consul General in Peshawar Shante Moore and other relevant authorities attended the ceremony.
The eight satellite rescue stations connected with wireless equipment and other state-of-the-art medical and technical facilities including a mini-operation theatre would be placed at major highways such as Shahbaz Khel, Lakki Marwat (Indus Highway), Speena Mor, Karak (Indus Highway), Charsadda and Karnal Sher Khan Interchanges at M-1 Motorway, Haripur Interchange (Hazara Motorway), Katlang Interchange (Swat Motorway), near Besham at Karakorum Highway and Lowari Tunnel at Upper Dir side (N-45 Highway.
Similarly, four ambulances with ventilator facilities would be provided to Saidu Group of Teaching Hospital whereas the other 10 ambulances would be provided to different districts of Malakand Division including Shangla, Chitral, Lower Dir, Upper Dir, Buner and Malakand.
Addressing the ceremony, the chief minister lauded the efforts of USAID for improving health emergency services in the province, adding the satellite rescue stations would ensure an immediate and effective response to road accidents, thereby reducing loss to precious human life and disabilities.
He said Khyber Pakhtunkhwa had been affected badly in the war against terrorism, adding people from across the sectors had rendered huge sacrifices in the struggle against militancy in this region. Despite the difficult financial situation, the provincial government was going all out to rehabilitate the damaged infrastructure and to provide livelihood opportunities to the people of war affected and backward areas of the province, he said.
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