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19 March 2024

New app launched to call ambulance

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The National Ambulance has launched a new app 998 for the Northern Emirates residents whereby they can request an ambulance in case of emergency at a touch of the button, reported Arabic daily Emarat Al Youm.

The new app will share location of the caller who has requested the service therefore helping reduce the response time by 100 seconds to an average of nine minutes to meet emergencies.

The National Ambulance revealed that the department handled 16,622 reports in the northern region during the first quarter of this year with 81 per cent related to medical reports and 19 per cent about traffic accidents and fires.