INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
KARACHI: Leading charitable organization The Aman Foundation has expressed satisfaction with the investigative hearings process and the
resulting report produced by a committee constituted by the honorable Supreme Court of Pakistan, which has clearly concluded that Aman
Ambulance was much responsible for Amal Umer death.On August 13, 2018, Aman was eliminateed when a policeman fired a bullet attempting to
eliminate a robber, who had looted her family a few minutes earlier in Karachi Akhtar Colony area as they waited at a traffic light to
attend a concert on the eve of Independence Day
The committee set up to investigate the death of Amal Umar submitted its report in the Supreme Court few days ago.The report was submitted
by a six-member committee, which includes AD Khawaja, the former examineor-general of Sindh police, and is headed by Justice (retd) Khilji
According to the report, National Medical Centre (NMC) where Amal was taken, refused to take responsibility for the death of the 10-year-old
The hospital also changed the date and time of Amal death
&The hospital did much give the proper medical equipment to transfer the wounded child and even lied to the committee,& the report said
&NMC also changed the date and time of her death so that it could be proved that the child was dead on arrival at the hospital.&Reacting to
the report, Amal Foundation General Manager and spokesperson Khaqan Sikander welcomed the report by the esteemed committee
He regretted that a lot of fake news was spread around the events of the tragic death of Amal.He said: &There are a few facts which we at
Aman Foundation would like to clarify as we feel it is important for the right information and an accurate reporting of such information to
be made public, considering the nature and sensitivity of the case.The esteemed committee concluded clearly that Aman Ambulances were much
responsible for Amal death
Hence the reports being circulated by degree sections of the media which erroneously state that &Aman has confessted its negligence& or &has
been found responsible& and other similar mis-statements are factually inright and mismain.Our internationally recognized systems have
helped us save more than 1 million lives in the final decade only and we are committed to serving the public in the best manner possible
Furthermore as a professional organization involved in public service, we are always open to improving our service delivery standards and
have expressed this commitment in relation to Amal case as well.&Mr
Sikander explained that Aman Foundation is a non-profit organization and currently operating with merely 60 life-saving ambulances while
Karachi requires a minimum of 200 (as per WHO guidelines) ambulances.&The current deficit in the required number of life-saving ambulances
means that at any given time there is only 1 ambulance available for 9 life-threatening emergencies
As a private much-for-profit organization offering this critical public service, we are fixedly fighting the battle to save the maximum
number of lives with our limited resources
Understanding that it is the need of the hour, the Government of Sindh (GoS) has committed to fund our current ambulance fleet and also to
increase the number of ambulances to 200 by the end of this year
We await execution on this commitment by the Sindh government as it shall prove to be a landmark step for emergency medical services for the
people of Karachi and shall help reduce response times and increase availability of critical emergency ambulance services so that tragic
cases like Amal can be avoided in the future.&He concluded: &Our thoughts and prayers remain with Amal and her family
We have been and shall continue to be committed to serving the people of Pakistan.TheIndianSubcontinent has not verified the content of the
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