\u2019n Gesin van Worcester wat hul pa weens \u2019n hartaanval aan die dood afgestaan het, is ontevrede nadat hulle bykans na bewering \u2019n uur op \u2019n ambulans moes wag om hom te hulp te snel. <\/p>\n
John Peter Vermeulen (61), \u2019n inwoner van die dorp, het Donderdagaand 19 Januarie omstreeks 22:45 \u2019n massiewe hartaanval tuis gehad.<\/p>\n
Sy gesin het dadelik die ER24-ambulansdienste geskakel en gehoop paramedici sal spoedig reageer. Dit was egter nie die geval nie.<\/p>\n
\u201cOns het omstreeks 22:50 die noodnommer gebel en mag volgens die siekefonds slegs van ER24 se dienste gebruik maak. Ek het met die inbelsentrum gepraat en hulle het vir ons toe twee SMS-boodskappe gestuur met \u2019n verwysingsnommer. Ons moes hulle \u2019n hele paar keer skakel en het op \u2019n tydstip gedink hulle gaan nie meer kom nie,\u201d vertel Vermeulen se dogter, Enid Theron, aan Standard<\/i>.<\/p>\n
Theron s\u00ea sy het haar pa nog nooit in so \u2019n toestand gesien nie en het besef dit is \u2019n saak van lewe of dood. Intussen het \u2019n familielid wat met noodhulp gemoeid is hom probeer stabiliseer. <\/p>\n
Sy het \u2019n paar keer weer die ambulansdienste geskakel om uit te vind waar hulle is. <\/p>\n
Die inbelsentrum het haar bykans \u2019n halfuur later weer gebel en ges\u00ea hulle sukkel om die adres in Worcester-Wes op te spoor.<\/p>\n
\u201cOns het gewag en gewag en is lank n\u00e1 die eerste oproep eers gehelp. Ons is toe ingelig dat die paramedici aan diens by hul huise was en eers moes aantrek en voorberei vir die noodgeval. Die ambulansbestuurder moes toe ook eers \u2019n kollega aan die ander kant van die dorp gaan haal aangesien hulle blykbaar nie \u2019n kantoor in die omgewing het nie. Daarna het hulle boonop om die huis te kry. Ons is toe uiteindelik n\u00e1 al daardie gewag gehelp.\u201d<\/p>\n
Theron s\u00ea die paramedici op die toneel het hulle wel baie vriendelik en professioneel behandel, maar dit is skokkend dat hulle so lank moes wag.<\/p>\n
\u201cDie gewag het soos \u2019n ewigheid gevoel \u2013 veral in so \u2019n groot noodgeval. Hoe betaal \u2019n mens vir s\u00f3 \u2019n diens by \u2019n private instansie en jy moet so lank wag om noodhulp te kry?\u201d<\/p>\n
Vermeulen is na die hospitaal geneem waar hy vir \u2019n paar dae in die waakeenheid was, en is toe na \u2019n hospitaal in Kaapstad oorgeplaas. <\/p>\n
Hy is egter Woensdagoggend (25 Januarie) oorlede nadat hy weer \u2019n aggressiewe hartaanval gehad het. <\/p>\n
Sy gesin was verpletter n\u00e1 die nuus van sy afsterwe.<\/p>\n
\n Standard <\/i>het na ER24 se woordvoerder, Russel Meiring, uitgereik vir kommentaar oor die voorval. <\/p>\n
\u201cOns beskou sake soos hierdie in \u2019n baie ernstige lig. Ons het \u2019n dringende interne ondersoek van stapel gestuur om te help met die verskaffing van akkurate terugvoer. Dit is ook belangrik om daarop te let dat verskeie faktore die reaksietye van noodvoertuie kan be\u00efnvloed, insluitend die tyd, ligging van die noodgeval, verkeer, akkuraatheid van besonderhede, ensovoorts,\u201d het Meiring verduidelik.<\/p>\n
Hy het bevestig dat ER24 wel \u2019n tak in die Worcester-omgewing het. <\/p>\n
\u201cDie ER24-tak in Worcester word gedurende spitstye van 07:00 tot 19:00 van die basis af beman, waarna spanne van hul wonings af reageer. Dit het egter geen impak op reaksietye vir noodgevalle nie.\u201d<\/p>\n
Volgens Meiring het die ambulans omstreeks 23:18 op die toneel aangekom. Die familie meen dit was egter heelwat later.<\/p>\n
\u2019n Ander plaaslike ambulansdiens in die vallei meen egter dat reaksietyd, veral in \u2019n dorpsgebied, nie langer as 15 minute moet wees nie aangesien dit waarskynlik die verskil tussen lewe of dood kan bepaal.<\/p>\n
Die gesin het die afgelope naweek van hul pa afskeid geneem.<\/p>\n
\u201cOns gaan hom vreeslik mis. Hy was ons rots, maar het ook altyd gereed gestaan met \u2019n grappie. Hy was baie lief vir ons \u2013 veral vir sy kleinseun,\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cHy het \u2019n groot impak op elkeen van ons se lewe gehad, en sy stem is nou stil. Sy goedhartigheid sal ons altyd bybly. Hy kon enigeen met wie hy in aanraking gekom het soos \u2019n familielid laat voel,\u201d sluit Theron af.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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