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Teen Dies Waiting for Ambulance

In the News Today: A teenage girl died after waiting six hours for an ambulance, with her desperate parents being unable to call for help because the Eastern Cape Department of Health’s phone lines had been cut for non-payment.

Janine and Errol Seafield said the ambulance had arrived six hours after their daughter fell ill, but it was too late. Janay van Niekerk (18) who had cerebral palsy, died in her bed in her Gqeberha home.

News24 reports that the Department’s telephone lines had been cut after it failed to pay its Telkom bill, affecting emergency services lines in Nelson Mandela Bay and East London. Services have since been reconnected.

The girl’s emotional parents said they had dialled the ambulance service number multiple times after their daughter suddenly became ill at around 4pm.

Eventually, they enlisted the help of a community leader and… continue reading HERE.

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