A representative of the paramedics is expected to testify on Monday at the commission probing the deaths of eight people who took part in a job recruitment fitness test in Pietermaritzburg.
A representative of the paramedics is expected to testify on Monday at the commission probing the deaths of eight people who took part in a job recruitment fitness test in Pietermaritzburg.
Last week, the inquiry heard that paramedics treated about 200 people on the first day of the KwaZulu-Natal Road Traffic Inspectorate's (RTI) fitness test for job applicants.
Thulani Khuzwayo, for the provincial health department, said this number excluded participants taken to hospitals. Applicants started collapsing around 10am on December 27, it emerged during his questioning of Prof Michael Savage, an agrometeorologist from the University of KwaZulu-Natal.
Savage said weather conditions on December 27 were adverse. People were advised to be cautious between 9.42am and 6.30pm. Extreme weather conditions were indicated from 1.10pm to 5pm. He said that when people started collapsing at the stadium the organisers should have taken precautions.
The commission is probing the deaths of eight people who took part in a four kilometre run at the Harry Gwala Stadium in Pietermaritzburg. This formed part of a fitness test for RTI job applicants.
More than 34,000 people qualified to apply for 90 advertised RTI trainee posts. Of these 15,600 attended a fitness test on December 27 and a similar number on December 28.
Paramedic representative to testify
A representative of the paramedics is expected to testify on Monday at the commission probing the deaths of eight people who took part in a job recruitment fitness test in Pietermaritzburg.
A representative of the paramedics is expected to testify on Monday at the commission probing the deaths of eight people who took part in a job recruitment fitness test in Pietermaritzburg.
Last week, the inquiry heard that paramedics treated about 200 people on the first day of the KwaZulu-Natal Road Traffic Inspectorate's (RTI) fitness test for job applicants.
Thulani Khuzwayo, for the provincial health department, said this number excluded participants taken to hospitals. Applicants started collapsing around 10am on December 27, it emerged during his questioning of Prof Michael Savage, an agrometeorologist from the University of KwaZulu-Natal.
Savage said weather conditions on December 27 were adverse. People were advised to be cautious between 9.42am and 6.30pm. Extreme weather conditions were indicated from 1.10pm to 5pm. He said that when people started collapsing at the stadium the organisers should have taken precautions.
The commission is probing the deaths of eight people who took part in a four kilometre run at the Harry Gwala Stadium in Pietermaritzburg. This formed part of a fitness test for RTI job applicants.
More than 34,000 people qualified to apply for 90 advertised RTI trainee posts. Of these 15,600 attended a fitness test on December 27 and a similar number on December 28.
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