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.

Community Care Workers – Heroes on the front line

A version of this first appeared in the Star Newspaper on the 10th of June. Sadly, our friend and colleague Malini passed away a week later. By Malini Mohana “I am of certain convinced that the greatest heroes are those who do their duty in the daily grind of domestic affairs whilst the world whirls […]

Tags: care worker, clinical psychologist, community care worker, coronavirus, covid-19, covid19, health care workers, malini mohana, psychologist, social workers, south africa
Posted on 30 Jun 2020 under Stories and news from the frontline.