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Attacks on emergency services

WC Health Dept condemns latest attack on paramedics crew

By Kaylynn Palm

The pair were attending to a patient in Seawinds on Sunday morning when they were assaulted and robbed.

  • FILE: EMS staff in Cape Town protested against attacks on staff on 10 March 2017. Picture: Lauren Isaacs/EWN

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  • FILE: A fire engine. Picture: Cindy Archillies/EWN

    Firefighting crews attacked in separate incidents in CT

    The issue will come under the spotlight at a meeting of law enforcement and emergency units.

    1364 days ago
  • FILE: An ambulance. Picture: EWN

    2 WC ambulance crews attacked in separate incidents

    On Saturday night in George, paramedics were robbed while treating a patient in the back of an ambulance.

    1623 days ago
  • FILE: An EMS paramedic responds to a call. Picture: EWN

    Unions planning mass march against attacks on EMS workers

    Trade unions Hospersa and Fedusa will march to Parliament under the banner: 'Workers Lives Matter'.

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  • FILE: Western Cape Health MEC Nomafrench Mbombo seen during a visit at Karl Bremer Hospital. Picture: Cindy Archillies/EWN

    WC Health looking forward to deployment of SANDF in crime hotpots

    Police Minister Fikile Mbalula earlier this week promised the army will be deployed to crime-riddled areas in various provinces.

    1646 days ago
  • FILE: This undated photo shows Police Minister Fikile Mbalula at the OR Tambo International Airport. Picture: Kgothatso Mogale/EWN

    Mbalula condemns armed robbery of CT ambulance

    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.

    1653 days ago
  • FILE: An EMS paramedic responds to a call. Picture: EWN

    EMS workers in CT now have safe zones

    The city's JP Smith says having a uniformed, armed police member with an ambulance crew may significantly decrease the risk of an attack.

    1653 days ago
  • FILE: Western Cape Health MEC Nomafrench Mbombo. Picture: @nomafrench/Twitter

    WC Health Dept to intensify efforts to keep EMS staff safe

    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.

    1654 days ago
  • FILE: An ambulance. Picture: EWN

    SA Medical Association urges govt to intervene to stop EMS attacks

    The South African Medical Association says that reports indicate that there have been more than 200 attacks on emergency medical services staff since 2012.

    1654 days ago
  • FILE: A paramedic reports a new patient to the control room at Tygerberg Hospital. Picture: EWN

    Hospersa threatens to withdraw EMS staff in the Cape

    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.

    1655 days ago
  • Police van. Picture: Winnie Theletsane/EWN.

    Police officer remains in hospital following Gugulethu EMS ambush

    Police officers, who had been escorting EMS personnel into an attack hotspot, were ambushed by a group of armed suspects on Wednesday evening.

    1730 days ago
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