Dubai: The Dubai Corporation for Ambulance Services (DCAS) responded to 1,597 cases during Eid Al Fitr, among them injuries, fainting and shortness of breath, the DCAS said on Thursday.
Khalifa Bin Dari, the service’s executive director, said the cases ranged from minor to severe, but no deaths were recorded.
“The DCAS received 457 calls the first day of Eid, 556 calls the second day of Eid and 584 calls the third day of Eid. This year’s numbers exceed last year’s figures,” he said, adding that 1,103 of the cases were minor, 207 were moderate and 44 were severe.
He said out of the 1,597 cases that the DCAS dealt with, 261 were general, 41 of them involved heart patients, 127 required medical treatment, 36 of them were cases of neurological diseases, 23 cases involved women, 44 case were of shortness of breath and 224 were cases related to traffic accidents.
He said the majority of cases were of people suffering from medical problems exacerbated by heavy crowds at crowded areas.
Bin Dari pointed out that there were no deaths reported in the cases they handled.
“There were a couple of cases of stomach ache caused by overeating during Eid,” he said.
Bin Dari said that there were special preparations for the Eid weekend, where ambulance personnel were working around the clock in different shifts in 95 different ambulance points in the city.
“Ambulance cars were deployed in busy places including crowded shopping malls. There were also cars deployed next to mosques during Eid prayers. In some crowded areas, bikes and bicycles were also being used to reach patients with minor injuries.”
