Dr Phayvanh Keopaseuth (second right) and officials visit the Command and Control Centre in Vientiane on Oct 11.
VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/Asia News Network): The Command and Control Centre (CCC) in Vientiane, as part of Japan’s Safer project, will soon become operational and a new government emergency call number, 1195, will be set up.
A Joint Consensus Meeting of the JICA Partnership Programme (Safer Project) and a preview of the Command and Control Centre took place at Mittaphab Hospital on Tuesday (Oct 11).
Deputy Minister of Health Dr Phayvanh Keopaseuth opened the meeting by saying “Today’s meeting is a report on how the Command and Control Centre will operate when the emergency number 1195 is functional.”
The project, supported by the Japan International Cooperation Agency (Jica), involves Mittaphab Hospital, the Ministry of Health, the University of Tsukuba in Japan, and the Japan Research Institute for Social Systems.
Mittaphab Hospital will oversee the operation of the call centre, and after the Safer project ends, it will continue to play a central role in the operation of the centre.
