Edhi gets connected with ride-sharing app to improve health care needs

KARACHI, May 4 (APP):In order to provide better health care facilities to Karachities , the Edhi Foundation in an agreement got connected with a ride-hailing services app ‘Careem’ for swift access to the patients on Friday .
Talking to APP, Faisal Edhi , son of Abdul Sattar Edhi and Head of Edhi Foundation said, “We are working on a plan to embrace modern technology to improve efficiency and accessibility as our services deal with sensitive and emergency issues.”
He said “the World was hanging around the internet and we cannot remain isolated especially when citizens unfortunately do not have access to basic health care facilities, meant to be provided by the State.”
“Careem has partnered with our foundation and it will give us the chance to further optimize our services with the use of technology and enhance connectivity for the benefit of under privileged“, he added.
Careem’s Public Relation Officer Sibtain Naqvi from Karachi said customers could now book an ambulance using its app for which a dedicated “ambulance” category is featured in this regard.
They would receive a booking confirmation via message and the ambulance would arrive at the assigned time and location, he informed.
He said that the customers would now be able to call an ambulance through their app for patient’s transportation “from and to” home and hospital.”
For this online connectivity using Careem’s app the customers would not be charged and they would pay to only Edhi Foundation for hired services adding that the Careem’s app service for Edhi customers at the moment is available in Karachi only and soon country’s other cities would also be connected.
Junaid Iqbal Managing Director of Careem Pakistan said “Our mission is to bring more and more ease to people’s lives by providing them variety of convenient transportation to respond to emerging needs.
He said the quick availability of ambulance in Karachi was a need of the hour and “we are proud to be able to extend further
Edhi Foundation’s cause”.
The Edhi Foundation was founded by late philanthropist Abdul Sattar Edhi in 1951 and its ambulance service is fulfilling the need of majority of Karachities in case of emergency as country’s biggest city is still deprived of a government based ambulance service like ‘Rescue 1122’.