SCOTTISH DELEGATION ARRIVES IN LAHORE, PRESENTS 10 MOTORBIKES TO RESCUE 1122
Jan 10, 2017
A special delegation from Scotland arrived in Lahore on Monday to present 10 Paramedics Motorbikes for training of the staff being recruited for the Motorbike Ambulance Service, a special initiative of the Chief Minister Punjab Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif for the accidents and emergency victims. The delegation led by Hanzala Malik, Former Member Scottish Parliament and Baillie of Glasgow City, Haleema Malik, Former Baillie Mayor Glasgow City Council, Muhammad Razaq, Baillie, Mayor, Glasgow City Councilor, Muhammad Ramzan, Chair of Vision Again Association, Tariq Sadiq, Chair Glasgow Business Forum, Mehrban Sadiq, Fire Officer & Special Guest with Tyne & Wear Fire & Rescue Service (AFSA), Newcastle, was welcomed by DG Rescue Punjab Dr. Rizwan Naseer flanked by senior officers including Principal Academy Brig. (R) Amir Hamza, Dr. Foaad Shahzad Mirza, DD (HR), Registrar Academy Dr. Muhammad Farhan Khalid, Adjutant Academy Dr. Ali Imam Syed and others.
While speaking on this occasion, Mr. Hanzala Malik said that they are going to present 10 Paramedics Motorbikes for training to support the vision and special initiative of Chief Minister Punjab Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif for the people who are at greater risk due to number of reasons whether they are narrow streets, or congested traffic conditions, the Motorbikes would proved to be an asset in terms of reducing response times. Mr. Malik said that as a part of this scheme, we have already trained officers from Rescue 1122 in Scotland, they have come back and we are going to issue them 10 motorbikes which have been fabricated and fit for purpose and they will be used to ensure other officers will benefit from the training so that once the Chief Minister Punjab will launch Motorbike Paramedic Service we will have the personnel ready, able and fit to deliver the Service effectively. He further added this is a visionary idea of the Chief Minister in which the Service will not only respond timeously but also we are very confident it will enhance the ability of saving lives and improve the response time tremendously. He said that ordinary people do not seem to understand the time factor in reaching people with issues like heart attacks, strokes, deep wounds, serious accidents and he has every confidence that this service will go a long way in saving the quality of the lives of the people.
DG Rescue Punjab Dr. Rizwan Naseer thanked to Mr. Hanzala Malik for his kind cooperation in imparting training of Rescue Officers/ Instructors of Punjab Emergency Service (Rescue 1122), which led to establishment of a Modern Fire Service in Pakistan in 2007. DG Rescue Punjab said that Mr. Malik is the true heavyweight for Pakistan, as a result of his efforts twinning of Lahore-Glasgow took place, MoU was signed between Rescue 1122 and Strethclyde Fire & Rescue Service. He further briefed that as result of the contribution of the Scottish Fire Service, today Rescue 1122 has responded to over 87000 fire incidents in Punjab just because of the timely response and professional fire fighting, this modern fire service has saved losses worth over Rs. 200 billion. He further said that all this would not have been possible without the support of Scotland and Mr. Malik is true patriot of Pakistan.
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