Govt on a first responder training mission in Bekkersdal
Gauteng Health recently empowered locals with critical skills to respond to emergencies. The target is to train 2 500 between now until the end of December.
The Gauteng Department of Health (GDoH) recently visited the West Rand and hosted its First Responder Training at the Seatile Primary School in Bekkersdal.
This was on Wednesday, March 29, when community members attended in their numbers, to learn a thing or two about what to do in situations of emergencies.
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The free training was facilitated by Lebone College of Emergency and forms part of the GDoH’s efforts of empowering participants to be able to respond to commonly encountered emergencies, such as trauma, accidents, and medical and suicide incidents while waiting on emergency response teams.
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Tshepo Shawa, the spokesperson for the Gauteng MEC of Health and Wellness, Nomantu Nkomo-Ralehoko, said they plan on reaching more people through this program.
“We are running the training from March to December 2023 in the townships, informal settlements, and hostels across the five districts in the province. Our target is to empower a total of 2 500 individuals by end of the year. Since we took the First Responders Training to communities, a total of 160 people were trained, 107 from Kwa-Masiza Hostel in Sebokeng and 53 in Meyerton Farm in Midvaal,” said Shawa.
He concluded by adding that the participants will be equipped with skills on how to assist victims when they have convulsions, stab or gunshot wounds, victims who fell from heights, people with sprains, and those who sustained burns, as well as those who drowned.
