Western Cape Health MEC calls on communities to help protect paramedics

Leonie Pretorius

14 September 2016

Western Cape Health MEC Nomafrench Mbombo has called on communities to help protect paramedics.

Hundreds of emergency medical services staff from across the Western Cape, including firefighters and police, marched in Philippi.

The Cape Town suburb has been identified as a hotspot for attacks on paramedics.

Other red zones include Khayelitsha, Hanover Park and certain parts of Mitchells Plain.