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Media Alert: Rescues in Session - 6 February 2012

5 February 2012
Western Cape Government Health's Emergency Medical Services (EMS) is currently responding to and assisting on three calls:

At 14:10 on Victoria Road, Hout Bay - Emergency Medical Practitioners are currently assisting with the evacuation of residents of a retirement village due to smoke coming from a vegetation fire on the Hout Bay Mountain. The call is still in process. Update to follow.

At 14:37 on Platteklip Gorge Hiking Path, Table Mountain - A party of three French foreigners required assistance after one of the hikers, a lady in her late fifties, experienced symptoms of dehydration. The call is currently in process. Update to follow.

At 15:05 on Platteklip Gorge Hiking Path, Table Mountain - EMS has dispatched a rescue crew to assist on a rescue of an adult male who is also experiencing symptoms of dehydration. The call is currently in session. An update will follow.

Media Enquiries: 


Keri Davids
Principal Communications Officer: Emergency Medical Services
Tel: 021 948 9908
Cell: 083 286 4227
E-mail: kerdavid@pgwc.gov.za