PRCS to launch road safety card
Will train people in first aid and post crash procedures
RAWALPINDI:
The Pakistan Red Crescent Society (PRCS) has launched an initiative to raise public awareness about road safety to reduce traffic accidents, deaths, and injuries and save lives.
The project will promote the ‘Individual Road Safety Commitment Card’ that is one of the initiatives set by the Global Road Safety Partnership.
Under the project, special emphasis on the post-crash response will be laid. First aid training will be imparted to traffic police and motorways police in order to boost their capacity vis-à-vis post-crash response so that maximum lives can be saved and permanent disabilities averted. The project will involve volunteers who will help promote the 10-point agenda of the Individual Road Safety Commitment Card.
PRCS launches project to improve road safety
Islamabad
January 23, 2021
Islamabad:The Pakistan Red Crescent Society (PRCS) has launched an initiative to raise public awareness about road safety in order to reduce traffic accidents, deaths and injuries and save lives.
The project, being executed by PRCS in collaboration with other Movement Partners, will target the general public, local transport drivers, and relevant government authorities to seek their contribution in reducing road fatalities. The project will promote ‘Individual Road Safety Commitment Card,’ one of the initiatives set by the Global Road Safety Partnership for Red Cross and Red Crescent.
A special emphasis on post-crash response will be laid under the project. First aid trainings will be imparted to traffic police and motorways police in order to boost their capacity vis-à-vis post-crash response so that maximum lives can be saved and permanent disabilities averted. The project will involve volunteers wh
500 lives on the line as govt takes its time to resolve crisis at PIMS
National
January 11, 2021
Islamabad: The Federal Grand Health Alliance (FGHA) will withdraw indoor clinical services at the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS) with effect from today (Monday). Over 500 patients currently admitted at the hospital will now face the brunt of the government’s leisurely pace to devise a formula that will make the Medical Teaching Institutions (MTI) Ordinance acceptable to the medical fraternity.
It has been six weeks now since employees of PIMS have been protesting against the implementation of MTI, and despite assurances that the government will work to scrap some of the conditions that make the legislation controversial, no major breakthrough has been achieved thus far.
500 lives at risk as govt takes time to resolve crisis at PIMS
National
January 11, 2021
ISLAMABAD: The Federal Grand Health Alliance (FGHA) will withdraw indoor clinical services at the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS) with effect from today (Monday). Over 500 patients currently admitted at the hospital will now face the brunt of the government’s leisurely pace to devise a formula that will make the Medical Teaching Institutions (MTI) Ordinance acceptable to the medical fraternity.
It has been six weeks now since employees of PIMS have been protesting against the implementation of MTI, and despite assurances that the government will work to scrap some of the conditions that make the legislation controversial, no major breakthrough has been achieved thus far.
Red Crescent head creates posts to hire his aides
Top Story
January 6, 2021
LAHORE: Pakistan Red Crescent Society Chairman Abrarul Haq has appointed his close aides, who previously worked with him, to especially created posts in the charity organisation.
Jibran Khan, an entrepreneur at Beyond Studios/Beyond Records, has been hired as social media adviser to the PRCS chairman for a monthly salary of Rs150,000. Previously, it was the duties of the communication department to look after the activities without any additional incentives. According to available documents, Jibran Khan runs a production company in the name of Beyond Studios which specialises in music videos, commercials and audio production.