Attacks on emergency services
WC Health Dept condemns latest attack on paramedics crew
The pair were attending to a patient in Seawinds on Sunday morning when they were assaulted and robbed.
A Cape Town paramedic says when an incident occurs on duty, they are not being assisted by police and are sent to various police stations.
The issue will come under the spotlight at a meeting of law enforcement and emergency units.
On Saturday night in George, paramedics were robbed while treating a patient in the back of an ambulance.
Trade unions Hospersa and Fedusa will march to Parliament under the banner: 'Workers Lives Matter'.
Police Minister Fikile Mbalula earlier this week promised the army will be deployed to crime-riddled areas in various provinces.
Police Minister Fikile Mbalula has condemned the armed robbery of an ambulance in Cape Town which is believed to have contributed to the death of a child.
The city's JP Smith says having a uniformed, armed police member with an ambulance crew may significantly decrease the risk of an attack.
In the most recent incident, criminals held up an ambulance crew at gunpoint as a critically injured child lay in the back. The boy subsequently died.
The South African Medical Association says that reports indicate that there have been more than 200 attacks on emergency medical services staff since 2012.
The union's Noel Desfontaines says government and police appear to be passing the buck when it comes to dealing with attacks on emergency personnel.
Police officers, who had been escorting EMS personnel into an attack hotspot, were ambushed by a group of armed suspects on Wednesday evening.