Police back specialist paramedics but can't pay for them
Hato Hone St John Ambulance may be forced to cut its specialist emergency response teams or SERTs in Auckland, Tauranga and Christchurch due to a lack of funding.
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Hato Hone St John Ambulance may be forced to cut its specialist emergency response teams or SERTs in Auckland, Tauranga and Christchurch due to a lack of funding.
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SERT paramedics were at the scene of the Linwood mosque shooting.
RNZ has seen an email from St John ambulance that said the teams would shut down before Christmas due to lack of funding.
Police and paramedics were attacked with fireworks as they tried to reach an injured man, with a police vehicle also set alight.
One union described the leaked directive as pitting hospital workers and ambulance officers against each other in a “Hunger Games fight for beds”.
Hato Hone St John is trialling a Palmerston North base for its two Levin extended care paramedics.
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