Sunday26 January 2025
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Almaty region tops the list for the highest number of emergency calls on New Year's Eve.

In the past 24 hours, the emergency dispatch center received 27,000 calls from the public. Of these, over 17,000 were classified as first to third urgency levels. Additionally, ambulance teams responded to more than 10,000 calls categorized as fourth urgency, according to Orda.kz, citing the Ministry of Health.
В новогоднюю ночь Алматинская область занимает первое место по числу обращений в скорую помощь.
“In the 11 months of last year, ambulance teams across the country responded to over 7.7 million calls. Of these, 4.9 million were classified as first to third category emergencies, while 2.8 million fourth category calls were handled by teams at polyclinics. Despite the increase in the total number of calls, the successful resuscitation rate improved by 7.1% over the year, reaching 51.7% of all recorded cases,” reported the Ministry of Health.

Currently, the emergency medical service in the country consists of 20 independent stations, 98 urban substations, and 232 district branches, according to the Ministry of Health's statement.

In regional and city ambulance stations, there are 1,491 emergency teams operating in a single shift, while 446 teams are available to respond to fourth category urgency calls at primary healthcare organizations (polyclinics).

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