We haven’t lost anyone in our team yet, thank God, though most of our community healthcare workers have been infected.

This is a story about Lorraine Matloga from Tembisa, as told to Jade Jacobsohn

Tags: community care worker, coronaviris, covid, covid19, essential worker, healthcare worker, masked heroes
Posted on 23 Aug 2020 under Stories and news from the frontline.

As EMS we have Covid-19 as a pandemic, but we also have a pandemic of crime and attacks against paramedics.

This is a story about Grant Williams of Cape Town, as told to Anton Taylor and Kobus Marx

Tags: covid, ems, essential, frontline, frontlineworker, masked hero, masked heroes, paramedic, south africa
Posted on 20 Aug 2020 under Stories and news from the frontline.

We got into this job to help people, and we have an opportunity to do that in a time of crisis… Society needs us.

This is a story about paramedic Joseph Tuson of Johannesburg, as told to Natasha Joseph

Tags: ambulance, covid, covid19, emergency medical services, johannesburg, medical services, paramedic, south africa, uniform
Posted on 13 Jul 2020 under Stories and news from the frontline.