Netcare 911 responded to a woman stung by bees while cutting grass on the R549 in Deneysville on Tuesday, 1 November.

Due to the long distances involved, members of the public elected to meet the ambulance on-route to the hospital as her condition was rapidly deteriorating.

In a statement Netcare 911 communications officer Shawn Herbst said, while rushing the lady to the meeting point, medical advice was given telephonically via the Netcare 911 Emergency Operations Centre.

“On arrival of paramedics along the R549, they found the patient seated in the car unresponsive, her body was swollen and she was barely breathing.”

Advanced life support intervention was immediately initiated by an emergency care practitioner due to the severe anaphylaxis.”

Once treatment commenced, the lady was rushed to a local hospital by ambulance as her condition remained serious.