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Paramedics mugged in CT

Apr 26, 2012 | Sapa | 16 comments

TWO paramedics attending to a scene in Masiphumelele, Cape Town, were attacked and robbed, the provincial emergency medical service said

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Tue Jun 18 22:43:16 SAST 2013 ::
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Apr 26, 2012

Papage

This is madness to the fullest, how do you attack paramedics? Our Country is slowly getting rotten and Authorities still says we are safe.
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Apr 26, 2012

Sinudeity

Easy solution, medics must just avoid the townships.
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Apr 26, 2012

dimpho_4U

and then they complain,about ambulances not coming to their areas...because of such incidences ,,,
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Apr 26, 2012

RobinH

This is where our social disease of mindless violence actually will result in negative effects on the perpetrators and their environment. More of this and Emergency Services will refuse to enter certain areas, for very obvious and understandable reasons, just like the times of urban struggle. Is this the way we want the wheel to turn?
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Apr 26, 2012

Tasto

Those thugs are good as dead, its just a race of ppl vs police to catch them !! Hope the police get them first !!
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Apr 26, 2012

Cute123

"Sinudeity
Easy solution, medics must just avoid the townships."

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Oh come the faak on!
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Apr 26, 2012

RobinH

Cute: Tragic as it is, the reality is that things reach a point at which people are not willing to put their lives at risk to help a community that will not protect them. That is just real life.
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Apr 26, 2012

Cute123

RobinH, I get you, however it is not fair to paint all townships with the same brush. This is in reference to Sin's comment.
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Apr 26, 2012

Sinudeity

Cute123 - We read about medics being attacked in townships quite often. A few months ago, a medic was raped and robbed. Why put your life on the risk to try and help someone else?

Fine, lets not stereotype all townships, just the ones where problems have been happening.
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Apr 26, 2012

maneater

everything about this story annoys me. first the rescorces were used to attand to a druggie who actually brought this to himself. secondly they get attcked like this no mam no man noma jerrrrr!!!!
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Apr 26, 2012

dimpho_4U

maneater
everything about this story annoys me. first the rescorces were used to attand to a druggie who actually brought this to himself. secondly they get attcked like this no mam no man noma jerrrrr!!!!
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hahahah i noticed too!!
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Apr 26, 2012

Mafu'theNkukhu

The [solution], police must accompany paramedics always in case of emergency.
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Apr 26, 2012

RobinH

Mafu'theNkukhu: "The [solution], police must accompany paramedics always in case of emergency." Very true, and that will probably be what happens, so twice the cost of each call, and a skewed use of police resourcs that could be used elsewhere. All because we are becoming a nation of savages. In the time of urban struggle this is exactly what was happening.
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Apr 26, 2012

BaleliM

and when they do not get service, toyi toying will happen, breaking public property and demand that services be reinstated and yet they mug the helpers.
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Apr 26, 2012

RobinH

BaleliM: Precisely. Incomprehensible, isn't it?
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Apr 26, 2012

BaleliM

Mafu'theNkukhu
The [solution], police must accompany paramedics always in case of emergency.
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and while the police are escorting the helpers, who chases the k illers/r obbers/r apists/hit and run/child m olesters and the list is endless?
Solution is for people to learn not b eat/mug/steal from the helpers of savings lives.

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