The presence of freestanding emergency centres would solve the issue as they would provide medical help to the injured without wasting any time in transporting them to a hospital.Ĭurrently, people injured in road accidents are taken to three major hospitals of the city – the Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Center (JPMC), the Civil Hospital Karachi (CHK) and the Abbassi Shaheed Hospital (ASH). This is partly due to the fact that major roads in far off areas have no hospitals for treatment. Karachi is in dire need of these centres as there has been an alarming increase in the number of people that have died in road accidents. Thus, fatalities from such accidents would reduce, as precious time won’t be wasted in transporting the injured over long distances. The major benefit of these freestanding emergency centres is the fact that they can provide emergency services to anyone injured in an accident at a place far from the main hospitals of the city. The fact that these facilities can be established in relatively remote areas of the city is greatly advantageous as these facilities can provide 24-hour emergency services similar to any hospital- based emergency rooms. In developed countries, the idea of freestanding emergency centres has turned highly beneficial. These include the Superhighway, National Highway and Hab River Road.
In light of the aforementioned problem, there is an urgent need of establishing freestanding emergency centres on the three major roads of the city. The problem exists mainly due to the fact that it takes hours to rush those injured in accidents to the city’s main hospitals located in the centre of the city. KARACHI: The city of Karachi is facing a worrying problem as the deaths from road accidents are shockingly high.
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