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Cape Times reports that more paramedics have been left traumatised after two more attacks on them while they were helping patients.
The trend has continued from last year, bringing the number of attacks to 28 in the last 12 months. In Ravensmead in Cape Town on Monday, a paramedic’s eye was injured after the crew was attacked while transporting a patient to Tygerberg Hospital. In Atlantis the night before, personnel were robbed of their personal belongings while treating a patient. The provincial health department said all the staff had been offered counselling. In a separate incident, metro officers had a narrow escape when arresting a motorist in Koeberg Road, Milnerton. He allegedly assaulted an officer while resisting arrest. The officers sustained no injuries during the process and the suspect was arrested and detained at Milnerton police station.
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