Rescue 1122 responds to 29,132 emergencies during Eid days

By Our Correspondent
April 04, 2025
Rescue 1122 ambulance seen in this image. —APP/File
Rescue 1122 ambulance seen in this image. —APP/File

LAHORE:Provincial Monitoring Officer (PMO) of Emergency Services Department Punjab said that Rescue 1122 responded to 29,132 emergencies during Eid holidays out of which 8,887 road accidents with 85 deaths, 16,831 medical emergencies with 666 deaths, 641 crime incidents, 501 fire emergencies, 533 delivery cases, 648 falls and slipping emergencies, 109 animal rescue and 982 miscellaneous emergencies in Punjab.

Provincial monitoring officer shared this information during an operational review meeting chaired by the Secretary Emergency Services Department on Thursday. During the meeting the Secretary Emergency Services Department has expressed his concern over increasing number of road accidents and the loss of 85 lives in these crashes in Punjab during the Eid Holidays.

The Heads of the Wings of Emergency Services Department and Provincial Monitoring Officer attended the operational review meeting in person while divisional and district emergency officers participated in the meeting via video link. The secretary appreciated rescuers who sacrificed their Eid leaves to provide timely emergency services to the citizens.

Provincial Monitoring Officer briefed the meeting that over 10,000 rescuers were deployed in three shifts at strategic sites during Eid holidays to ensure prompt response to all emergencies in all districts and tehsils of the province.

He informed that the highest number of emergencies occurred in the provincial capital with 2,972 emergencies, followed by Faisalabad with 1,847 emergencies, Multan 1,539 emergencies, Bahawalpur 1,280 emergencies and Gujranwala 1,236 emergencies and the lowest number of emergencies 264 were in Chakwal.

The data further revealed that out of 8,887 road accidents, the majority of accidents 1,336 occurred in the provincial capital. Similarly, 558 accidents in Faisalabad, 556 accidents in Multan, 477 in Gujranwala, 344 in Kasur and 325 in Sheikhupura while the remaining 5,291 road accidents took place in other districts of the province.