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Healthy Lifestyle & Introduction to Trauma Management
Workshop for City Traffic Police & Rescue 1122 on 21.8.2008 |
Expanding its working horizons emed exposed its base to the new collaborators as city traffic police & rescue 1122. The aim was to sensitize the partners with the versatility & motivation of emed members.
The occasion was the 1st workshop with the collaborating partners on ‘Healthy life style’ & ‘Introduction to the trauma management’ & was arranged on Thursday, 21.8.2008 in the CPC room of Allied hospital Faisalabad.
Facilitators were President emed & In charge Medical Unit-III, Allied hospital, Prof Ahmad Bilal & emed Executive council member & In charge Surgical Unit-III, Prof Sajid Sheikh & participants were Chief Traffic Officer (CTO) SP Mr Manzoor Sarwer, 14 members of educational wing of city traffic police along with their coordinator, Mr Sadiq, In charge & emergency officer of Rescue 1122 Faisalabad, emed coordinators from College of Paramedics, School of nursing in DHQ hospital, School of nursing in Allied hospital, Beacon house school & 2 members each from 2nd year, 3rd year & 4th year PMC.
Opening the workshop, General Secretary emed, Dr Khurram Sohail Raja welcomed the participants & projected aim & objectives of emed.
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“emed is a small payback to our country, Pakistan”. The country that has given us identity, respect and authority. ….. Dr Khurram Raja |
Prof Ahmad Bilal presented on healthy life style. He stressed again that lack of exercise & inclusion of junk foods & colas in our diet is destroying the health of our young generation very rapidly. It was an interactive session & participants thoroughly enjoyed it.
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“30 minutes daily brisk walk reverses all the diseases in their occurrence” ….. Prof Ahmad Bilal |
Prof Sajid Sheikh introduced the trauma management programme as designed & desired by the government of Punjab, Pakistan. He briefly gave the objectives & said that if city traffic police desired, emed is ready to train their officers in trauma management.
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“We will train the city traffic officers & then if they take this training program to schools & colleges, it will be a big service to the country” …… Prof Sajid Sheikh |
Chief Traffic Officer, Superintendent of Police, Mr Manzoor Sarwer appreciated the objectives & efforts of emed & thanked the administration to arrange the program for his officers. He desired to have collective & collaborative efforts in the future & desired to have training workshops by emed doctors to his officers.
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“I received trauma management training in USA & at that time I could only dream that few doctors will be positively putting their efforts to train the police officers in Pakistan on same lines” ….. Chief Traffic Officer, Manzoor Sarwer |
In charge Rescue 1122 Faisalabad, Mr Riffat Zia presented the working structure of a very vigilant rescuing team in the city in case of accidents & medical emergencies & the statistics he presented was very informative for emed members. He showed his desire to join emed activities in future.
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“It will be matter of great honor & pride if emed & Rescue 1122 can join hands in the awareness & educational activities to the public” …. Mian Riffat Zia |
On behalf of young officers of city traffic police, their coordinator Mr Sadiq & Miss Haleema appreciated the workshop & wished to have such academic activities in future also.
In the end, Senor Vice President emed, Mr Tariq Mushtaq & Vice President emed, Dr Humaira Arshad distributed certificates in the participants.