Emergency services could withdraw services: Hospersa
Health sector trade union, Hospersa says its considering withdrawing its members in EMS services in the country.
This after an eight-year-old boy died because the ambulance transporting him to hospital was robbed on the N2 in Cape Town in the early hours of yesterday morning.
The boy was seriously injured in an accident and died as a result of the severity of his injuries, when he was eventually taken to hospital.
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Hospersa spokesperson, Kevin Halama, says last year there were more than 100 attacks on EMS personnel in the Western Cape alone.
"At the moment, in Cape Town, there's a bit of uncertainty and pressure. Our members feel government is not listening to them. The loss of the young boy is testament of the pressures they work with on a day-to-day basis," he says.