By Anooshay Abbasi | Project Leader
A resident of Mehran Town in Karachi, Pakistan, Sunny was told that his pregnant wife was in critical condition and needed to be rushed to the hospital immediately. The doctor told him she would need oxygen on the way to the hospital. Sunny panicked. Most ambulances in his area did not have proper medical equipment. He didn’t know how his wife would make it to the hospital without any harm to her or the child.
His brother then suggested calling Aman Ambulance, stating that it is fully equipped with medical facilities. There was heavy traffic on the roads of Karachi, so rather than keeping them waiting in a state of panic, Aman Foundation sent a motorbike with a paramedic and medical equipment called Rapid Response Unit (RRU) to facilitate Sunny’s wife. Within minutes of the arrival of the RRU, the ambulance arrived.
“The ambulance was nothing short of a hospital. It included all the medical equipment and staff required to take proper care of a patient. And yet, I was worried sick. There was too much traffic on the road and the ambulance driver was doing his best to get through. The paramedic sitting beside me saw the anxiety on my face and asked me to go sit up front. I didn’t know what to think or say. All I could do was pray. I wasn’t sure if we would be able to reach the hospital in time… but Aman Ambulance was nothing short of a hospital for me.”
They were short on time and his wife’s condition was deteriorating, so the baby had to be delivered in the ambulance. The doctor congratulated Sunny on the birth of his daughter, Susanne.
Up till now, over 75 babies have been delivered in Aman Ambulances. With your donations, we strive to make the Aman Ambulance service exemplary, by not only providing fully equipped ambulances with trained paramedics on board, but also highly experienced EMDs at the command and control center following internationally recognized ProQA system protocols to handle situations such as these and become instrumental in saving more lives.
Thank you for your trust and for supporting Aman Ambulance. Your donations continue to help us save more lives in Pakistan.
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