Attack highlights paramedics’ fears

THE safety of emergency service personnel in the line of duty — and the suggestion they be provided with stab-proof vests — has been brought to the fore by an alleged assault on a Cork city paramedic on Wednesday night.

Attack highlights paramedics’ fears

The male paramedic and his colleague called to an apartment on John Redmond Street, where a man had been complaining of abdominal pains.

The paramedic was met at the scene by two men, one Irish and one non-national, and treated the Irish man for his complaint there.

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