Saudi Gazette report AL-BAHA — A private guard at the University of Baha's girls' dormitory assaulted Red Crescent paramedics who were called to attend to an emergency case, Al-Hayat newspaper reported. A girl was suffering from high blood sugar, inflammation of the urinary tract, low blood oxygen level and an irregular heartbeat, and the paramedics were called in to attend this emergency. Upon arrival at the dormitory, the private security guard refused to allow the paramedics to enter and proceeded to assault them with a stick. The paramedics called the police and they took control of the situation and allowed the paramedics to attend to the case. The Red Crescent provided first aid and transported the patient to King Fahd Hospital. According to a statement released on the Red Crescent's website, the dormitory had a doctor and its own ambulance but both were unavailable at the time of the incident. The spokesman of the university, Saeed Al-Ghamdi, said the dormitory's ambulance driver was notified and he immediately came with his wife to transport the patient to the hospital. “When the Red Crescent ambulance arrived a short time later, the security guard told paramedics that the dormitory's ambulance would transport the patient to the hospital. However, the situation developed into an argument between the guard and the paramedics and the guard asked them to wait so he can notify the dormitory supervisors. Al-Ghamdi went on to claim that the paramedics did not wait for the supervisors to arrive and instead entered the dormitory. He added that the assistant dormitory manager and the dormitory ambulance followed the Red Crescent ambulance to the hospital. “According to our rules, dormitory supervisors are supposed to ask the resident doctor to attend to emergency cases during her working hours which end at 10 p.m. After that, any emergency cases are to be taken to the hospital in the dormitory ambulance, accompanied by a supervisor,” he added.
