Dear MyPE Just after 11h00 on Wednesday morning, TraumaNet private ambulance service responded to 'a call' that metro ambulance services sent out to their own vehicles of a man who had fallen from a building in North End. Shortly before 12h00, Metro paramedics who responded to the call, reported that TraumaNet refused to transport the badly injured patient with fractures to hospital, because he had no medical aid and wasn't involved in an accident. This is very concerning. Is there no … [Read more...] about Private ambulance service unwilling to assist
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Friday Rant – Check that registration, Rude Media, Afcon
An emergency response driver was arrested this week whilst chasing to an accident scene on the Port Elizabeth M4 in a vehicle marked as a emergency vehicle but, apparently not registered as one. This is the second time in just over a year this private ambulance services has been in trouble for the same offence. Who thinks to ask if the ambulance they get into is actually properly licensed and registered? Rude Media Earlier this week I had occasion to attend a briefing session on a … [Read more...] about Friday Rant – Check that registration, Rude Media, Afcon
Filling the gap
Emergency and medical services in the Eastern Cape has been a troublesome and controversial topic for a number of years, but a new service provider in the Nelson Mandela Metro and surrounds aims to raise the bar. RELAY Emergency Medical Services (EMS) was recently established by well-known PE-based company, CompSol (an IOD claims administrator and management company), and since day one the team's number one objective is to provide the highest level of care when lives are at stake. CEO and … [Read more...] about Filling the gap
Ambulance Overturns
An ambulance from a private emergency service, TraumaNet in Port Elizabeth, was involved in a accident on the Kragga Kamma Road at roughly 20h00 on 12 April, near Garden Lovers Nursery. According to a source, the ambulance containing 3 staff members was responding to a emergency call when the driver lost control of the vehicle and it overturned. One member passed away and the other two were treated at St Georges' hospital. It is not known at this point whether road conditions or speed was … [Read more...] about Ambulance Overturns
