Pakistan needs integrated emergency care systems, say experts
(WorldNews Pakistan)

The global Disease Control Priorities Project estimates that nearly half of deaths and over a third of disability in low- and middle-income countries can be addressed by the implementation of effective emergency care. “The solution is to establish integrated emergency and trauma care systems with pre- and post-emergency department care nationwide,” said Dr Junaid Razzak, director of the Centre for Global Emergency Care and professor of emergency medicine and international health at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Dr Razzak was the keynote speaker on Friday at the inaugural ceremony of the Aga Khan University’s 21st National Health Sciences Research...