Moves are made for ambulances
LOCAL residents fed up with the lack of a local ambulance service, are banding together in an attempt to solve what has been described as a ‘critical’ situation. The latest move follows claims that people injured in an accident on the N2 near Umgababa waited over two hours for an ambulance. Dr Anton Mans, chief of Ambulance and Emergency Medical Services (AEMS), said the initial call was received at 4.48pm, and an ambulance arrived on the scene at 5.39pm, 51 minutes later.
Sewage causes a stink
A TOTI resident is up in arms over the lack of action from local authorities to sort out a serious health hazard caused by sewage on his property.
“There is a sewage pump station in my garden and when it blocks, it overflows into the stream. This has been going on for at least two years. I have taken photos and written letters to the health department, but nothing has been done about the situation,” said Dennis Roelofsz of Bracken Place.
Kingsway Hospital lends a helping hand
KINGSWAY Hospital has not been affected by the nurses and general medical workers strike which is crippling hospitals around KwaZulu-Natal.
Kingsway Hospital superintendent, Sampie van Staden, said the hospital’s services were ‘not yet’ affected by strike action. “We have been helping hospitals affected by the strikes and expect to render further assistance during the week,” said Van Staden.
Furnace was used to burn rubbish
THE old brick furnace on Kingsway in Warner Beach could have been used as a furnace to incinerate rubbish in the days before refuse removal.
That’s one of the replies to a request for information on the furnace by the Amanzimtoti Publicity Association (APA) in a recent issue of the SUN. An 80-year old resident who wrote to the APA said “I lived in Lagoon Road in Doonside from 1944 to 1972. We relied on tanks for water, and had long drop loos. There was no rubbish removal – we dug holes in our yard to bury the rubbish. Rent for a three bedroom house was five pounds a month.”
Barking dog comes under attack by neighbours
PEOPLE who complain about dogs barking at the moon, know nothing about animals.
So says Dot Groenewald of Doonheights who has received complaints from a neighbour about her dogs. She said dogs only ‘bark at the moon’ when they pine, and her two Alsatians do not pine. “We are there all the time at night,” she told the SUN. She said that building operations have been continuing on a neighbouring site for the past two months.
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