Nelson Mandela Bay Mayor Gary van Niekerk addresses EMS personnel outside City Hall. (Facebook/Mayor Gary van Niekerk NMB)
As a paramedic, rushing to tend to an accident scene, a few seconds can mean the difference between life and death - but, for emergency medical service personnel in Nelson Mandela Bay, just getting to a patient has become a fight for survival.
They have now become targets of criminals.
In some cases, paramedics have been unable to attend to patients because their ambulance has either been robbed or hijacked on the way.
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