INEM technician assaulted during emergency in Gondomar. Institute criticizes “absolutely unacceptable” situation

An INEM technician was assaulted during Saturday night in a pre-hospital medical emergency in Gondomar. The remaining team and the Gondomar Firefighters, present at the scene, were threatened.

A technician from the National Institute of Medical Emergency (INEM) was attacked and suffered facial trauma during an emergency on Saturday night in the municipality of Gondomar, in the district of Porto, it was revealed this Sunday. In a post on the social network Facebook, INEM states that a pre-hospital emergency technician, working for the ambulance […]

In a post on the social network Facebook, INEM states that a pre-hospital emergency technician serving Gondomar's immediate life support ambulance “was the victim of assault” and the rest of the team, SIV and Gondomar Firefighters, “the target of threats”. The technician, who suffered facial injuries, was taken for observation at the Santo António Hospital, in Porto. “INEM deeply regrets this incident and recalls that the work of all professiona…

“The Workers' Commission considers this situation intolerable and demands that the aggressors be brought to justice and that the appropriate and severe consequences be removed,” he says. In a statement, the INEM Workers' Committee stresses that the incident that occurred on Saturday night in Gondomar “is not an isolated case”, but “another example of the constant risk” that workers face. “It's incomprehensible that those who dedicate their lives…

An INEM pre-hospital emergency technician was assaulted during an incident in Gondomar, in the district of Porto, suffering injuries to his face. The incident occurred on Saturday night and also involved threats to the rest of the team.