PES provides emergency services to 107,798 people in February.

LAHORE -- Punjab Emergency Service (PES) provided emergency services to 107,798 people while responding to 111,332 emergencies with an average response time of seven minutesacross Punjab during the month of February 2022. Punjab Emergency Service (PES) Director General Dr Rizwan Naseer said that out of 111, 332 emergencies, rescue service responded 28,220 were road accidents, 69025 medical emergencies, 1410 fire incidents,

2201 crime incidents, 35 drowning incidents, 43 structural collapses and 9764 miscellaneous operations in Punjab.

He was presiding over the monthly review meeting held at Rescue Headquarters here on Tuesday, which was attended by all heads of wings of Rescue Headquarters and Emergency Services Academy.

On the occasion, the head of Provincial Monitoring Cell briefed the DG PES about monthly emergency statistics. The meeting was briefed that 321 people died in 28220 road accidents in Punjab during the last month. Out of these traffic accidents, the majority of traffic accidents 7063 occurred in Lahore, in...