(a) to (f) The table below indicates the provincial operational human resources, per category. Operational Emergency Care Orderlies are not employed by the Department.
PROVINCES |
BAA |
AEA |
PARAMEDICS |
ECT |
ECP |
TOTAL |
Eastern Cape |
1890 |
493 |
25 |
15 |
2 |
2425 |
Free State |
1372 |
181 |
15 |
41 |
1 |
1610 |
Gauteng |
976 |
115 |
35 |
103 |
0 |
1229 |
Kwa Zulu Natal |
1254 |
715 |
72 |
15 |
8 |
2064 |
Limpopo |
1184 |
627 |
21 |
11 |
1 |
1844 |
Mpumalanga |
580 |
174 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
757 |
North West |
377 |
175 |
2 |
122 |
3 |
679 |
Northern Cape |
556 |
197 |
4 |
11 |
0 |
768 |
Western Cape |
674 |
620 |
131 |
38 |
6 |
1469 |
Total |
8863 |
3297 |
308 |
356 |
21 |
12845 |
Abbreviations:
BAA - Basic Ambulance Assistants
AEA - Ambulance Emergency Assistants
ECT - Emergency Care Technicians
ECP - Emergency Care Practitioner
(2) The current staffing target is derived from a figure of 1 ambulance per 10 000 population, and 10 personnel to man a single vehicle on a 24 hour basis. A study has been proposed to scientifically determine the norm for ambulances to population as well as the staffing norms which will be guided by the Human Resource for Health Strategy 2030.
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