Paramedics increasingly becoming target of criminals

11 July 2016 - 21:28
By Neo Goba

The number of cases where paramedics are being targeted by criminals while attending to patients is on the rise in South Africa. This is according to Johannesburg Emergency Management Services (EMS) spokesperson Robert Mulaudzi."There is an escalation of our paramedics being attacked because when I look at other areas and not just Johannesburg‚ there's at least one report of an incident of robbery on a monthly basis‚ whereby paramedics are attacked or robbed [of their belongings]‚" said Mulaudz...

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