Ambulance teams at the Dubai Ambulance Foundation yesterday evacuated patients at Astar Hospital in Dubai's Mankhool area in a record time after being subjected to heavy smoke caused by the burning of a car in the hospital's parking lot, which almost caused them to suffocate.

The Foundation's Executive Director, Khalifa bin Daray, said that the Foundation received a report at 2:00 am yesterday that there was heavy smoke caused by the burning of a car under the hospital of Astr, warning that the inmates were particularly affected by preterm and pregnant children. The ambulance teams moved from the nearest point, The incident took five minutes, and medics evacuated the 53 patients, including 11 infants and three pregnant women, to the hospital branch in Al Qusais.

He said that the evacuation process was carried out in stages, beginning with the care of the patients and providing the necessary medical support for them, by transferring them to a clinic corresponding to the hospital building, due to the sensitivity of some cases, in order to ensure the highest possible care, especially for the newborns temporarily, Field support for the transfer of patients to the hospital branch in Al Qusais area, while the evacuation process lasted only two hours, where the patients were completed at 4 am, after being assured of their cases without registration of one injury due to exposure to smoke.

He also noted the efforts of the ambulance teams participating in the evacuation process, which reflects the readiness and readiness of the institution and the ability to respond quickly to emergency situations, according to the best international standards, in light of the concern to develop the potential of paramedics and training on a continuous basis on Dealing with all situations, in order to make Dubai one of the safest and safest cities in the world.

He expressed the organization's commitment to work on developing its capabilities and providing all the guarantees that ensure the highest levels of efficiency with emergency situations, whatever their size and at all times.

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