VIDEO: The challenges for a Kenyan paramedic
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Lack of an effective national ambulance service in Kenya has seen private firms and organisations take the lead in providing medical emergency services across the country.
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Thurnby paramedic giving up job to help the poor
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A busy paramedic is giving up her job to help impoverished communities in the African country of Tanzania. Amy Stanton is leaving her family home in Thurnby in the Harborough district, and her steady job, to work for five months with some of the poorest ...
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