** Alabama medic arrested for criminal surveillance at work
** Australian paramedic electrocuted while responding to call;in stable condition in hospital
UNITED STATES NEWS
** Alabama police in Mobile have arrested a fire paramedic on a charge of criminal surveillance. That is the word from WALA (Michael Brannon/April 6) which said Ron Broughton turned himself in to police Friday. According to the news site, details of the nature of the charges are remaining under wraps for now. A police department spokesman said the Mobile Fire Department may discuss specifics of the at-work incidents shortly. Broughton’s next court date is April 19th.
AUSTRALIA NEWS
** A Gold Coast paramedic remains in hospital in stable condition after being electrocuted at a call Thursday. The Gold Coast Bulletin (Nicholas McElroy/April 7) said the unidentified practitioner, who is recovering in Pindara Private Hospital, was originally hailed to treat a man who had cut through a live wire. According to the newspaper, the man, 68, was installing power to a bedroom in his parent’s home through the roof. Falling through the tiles after being electrocuted, his precarious position forced the attending medic to reach him through the ceiling. Though firemen attempted to cut power to the area, the practitioner, 52, sustained his own shock. He remains under observation. The patient, meanwhile, died at the scene.
