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ARMY DEPLOYED TO VIOLENCE HOTSPOTS The South African National Defence Force (SANDF) was deployed as part of Operation Prosper to crime hotspot areas in the Western Cape last week. Full story on page 3. PHOTO: SANDY SCHUTER
KNOWLEDGE OF FIRST AID PROVES VITAL
Watch lady saves senior LAUREN O’CONNOR-MAY LAUREN.OCONNOR-MAY@NOVUSMEDIA.CO.ZA
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senior neighbourhood watch member’s emergency first-aid training proved vital when she helped save a fellow resident’s life in Tafelsig East on Friday 27 March. Petronella Sauls and watch
chair Stella Cornelissen responded to a community alert after a senior citizen collapsed at her home and was found unconscious by her housemate, who is also elderly. “This lady was literally going to die,” she told TygerBurger. “If I didn’t step in there at that time she was literally going to die.”
“If I didn’t step in there at that time she was literally going to die.” - Petronella Sauls The incident began around 05:00 when the woman’s housemate found her lying on the floor. The housemate issued a call on the community chat group, which forwarded the call to the
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neighbourhood-watch group, which had been trained as first responders and in calling an ambulance.