This came after an ambulance was broken into in the early hours of Sunday morning and a GPS device was stolen in Zola in Soweto.
The Department of Health in Gauteng says it is concerned about the rising number of attacks on the province’s Emergency Medical Services .“Unfortunately, the patient was declared dead on arrival. The team noticed the robbery while getting the declaration book in the vehicle to record the death. A case has since been opened at Jabulani Police Station,” head of communication at the Gauteng Department of Health, Motalatale Modiba, said in a statement.
“The team on their way stopped to assess another incident of a fire outbreak at Mary Me informal settlement in Soshanguve. It is alleged that community members set a shack on fire to punish its occupants, whom they accused of committing crime in the area,” the department said.
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