With 20 million people, the city of Karachi contributes to approximately 10% of Pakistan's population but a lack of literacy, poverty, and social security inhibit access to healthcare for the poor. Although several ambulance services operate in Karachi, virtually all of them serve as patient transport vehicles without medical intervention capabilities. Filling this gap, in 2009 Aman Foundation launched Aman Ambulance, an advanced life-saving ambulance service previously non-existent in Karachi.
40% of death and disease in Pakistan is preventable but with a majority of its population without access to healthcare facilities, an extremely high and unnecessary death toll is found. Several ambulance services operate in Karachi, (Pakistan's largest city and the 4th largest in the world), however, the missing link is the presence of trained medical personnel, equipment and lifesaving medicines that is considered essential for lifesaving interventions.
With a fleet of 80 ambulances serving all parts of the city and manned by doctors and trained Paramedics; AMAN AMBULANCE, has redefined en route, in-transit ambulatory care in the city of Karachi. Managed by a central Command and Control Center, with an average response time of 12 mins, the service has achieved more than 840,000 interventions to date. The service ensures delivery to the hospital facilities within the 'Golden Hour' thus considerably reducing the incidence of avoidable deaths.
Each year, our fleet of ambulances performs over 100,000 life saving interventions while covering only 33% of Karachi. Our service is setting the standards for ambulatory care and services in the city of Karachi, with our commitment to 'Ambulance for All', for which we hope to be able to expand our fleet and our area of coverage. Government of Sindh has partnered with Aman Foundation to take the service to 2 more cities in Sindh, putting us on the path of sustainability.
