Tshwane redeploys grounded ambulances
Centralisation process that shelved the vehicles reversed as coronavirus cases surge in Gauteng
22 July 2020 - 18:57
Tshwane’s emergency medical service (EMS) will once again be able to provide life-saving help to the capital city’s residents as the Covid-19 pandemic rages in Gauteng, after the provincial government backtracked, allowing the metro to use its own ambulances.
Tshwane’s more than 70 ambulances were grounded in the beginning of July as a result of the centralisation of Gauteng’s emergency services, just as infections of the coronavirus started surging in the province, which has not yet experienced the peak of the pandemic...
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