Tag: Emergency

Emergency alert!

KARACHI - The doctors' fraternity will lodge widespread protests and boycott emergency services if medical professionals are not given adequate protection from extortion, the wrath of patients' families, and lodging of FIRs without any evidence, argued office bearers of leading representative bodies of the medical community.
Addressing a crowded press conference at the Pakistan Medical Association (PMA) office, doctors; representatives claimed that different political parties and

West African leaders hold emergency talks on I Coast

ABUJA: West African leaders held emergency talks Friday on the crisis in Ivory Coast with the United States searching for more UN troops and France offering Laurent Gbagbo a final chance to step aside.
The summit came after a UN body demanded a halt to "atrocities" in Ivory Coast and the Central Bank of West African States blocked Gbagbo's access to finances, putting a further squeeze on his bid to remain in power. Much of the world, including the United Nations, has recognised

CDGL administration braces for Muharram emergency

LAHORE: Administration of government hospitals and the City District Government Lahore (CDGL) have braced themselves for any emergency situation during the 9th and 10th of Muharram, Pakistan Today has learnt.
Special steps have been taken to cope with any untoward incident during the two auspicious days of Muharram.
Medical superintendents of different public hospitals across the provincial metropolis have collected the duty roster and assigned special duties to the staff.

Spain may extend state of emergency after strike

MADRID: Spain will extend a state of emergency if needed to prevent further travel disruption, its prime minister said on Monday, after a wildcat strike by air traffic controllers grounded flights last week.
Controllers only returned to work after the Socialist government sent in the army to take over control towers and threatened controllers with jail.
"Depending on how the circumstances evolve, the government will take the appropriate decision on extending the measure,"

Sewage outside Jinnah Emergency accumulates

LAHORE: Sewage accumulated outside the emergency ward of the Jinnah Hospital has become a permanent threat and source of diseases for patients coming from far flung areas, Pakistan Today has learnt.
Nearly 2,500 patients on average visit the emergency ward of the hospital everyday. Arriving at the emergency entrance of the hospital, they are welcomed by a gutter stink and malaria threat as an overflowing gutter marks its space near the entrance gate of the hospital.
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