Gauteng’s Emergency Medical Services welcomed 1 120 emergency care interns to its newly launched Green Angels programme last week, a 12-month initiative providing essential training in emergency care, aimed at expanding the pool of qualified personnel in the sector.
With one of the fastest-growing populations, Gauteng is desperately in need of emergency support, reports News24.
Health MEC Nomantu Nkomo-Ralehoko said the programme would help address complaints from communities.
“It will assist in beefing up our teams … that are able to help our patients in need," she added.
One of the new recruits, Philisiwe Sithole (47) had been unemployed for two years and was grateful for the opportunity to help her family and others.
“I never thought that, at my age, I would be able to get an internship. I am a single parent and I need the money to get my child to school and make ends meet,” she said, while Phiwayinkosi Buthelezi, 40, said he had not expected to make the programme at his age and had given up hope, after job-searching for years.
News24 article – WATCH | Gauteng EMS welcome 1 120 emergency care interns (Retricted access)
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