Protection plea follows ambos’ speargun ordeal

United Workers Union National Ambulance Coordinator Fiona Scalon told The Courier-Mail instances of violence and abuse are steadily growing year-on-year and more support and protection of paramedics ‘just doing their job’ is required.“We have highly trained and professional ambulance workers across the state who enter high-risk and unfamiliar situations everyday and violent incidents such as the one yesterday increasingly makes them feel unsafe at work” Ms Scalon said. The desperate calls come…



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