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.
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56 attacks on EMS workers in WC this year, safety symposium told
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.
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Firefighting crews attacked in separate incidents in CT
The issue will come under the spotlight at a meeting of law enforcement and emergency units.
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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.
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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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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
