Visiting paramedics arrive

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MORE than 60 paramedics from Australia and New Zealand arrived over the weekend to join their local colleagues to provide services during Apec activities this week.
Among them is Allan Morrison, the elder brother of the Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison, who is an intensive-care paramedic with the St John Ambulance Services.
Morrison is also working on the St John Apec incident management team.
The 64 foreign paramedics were welcomed by traditional dancers from Mekeo, Central, Ialibu in Southern Highlands and the Huli wigmen from Hela at the Maharu Seaview Hotel on Saturday.
Staff and management of the hotel took the initiative to organise the dancers as one of the participating Apec hotels.
Morrison told The National that there would be 120 St John Ambulance staff.
He said another 100 had been put on Apec and there were also 100 St John first-aid volunteers.
Chief paramedics officer with St John Phill Proust said the foreign paramedic officers were volunteers who arrived in the country to assist the St John Ambulance team this week.
He said the team would be based all around the Apec locations, including hotels until November 22.
Proust said a lot of equipment were brought in preparation for the Apec and it would left in the country after the Apec.
He said about 30 ambulances would be used during the meetings.
He said an ambulance each with paramedics would be assigned to each leader’s motorcade.