Two ambulance crew have been sacked by G4S after leaving a voicemail message for a vulnerable patient in which they suggested they could “beat the fuck” out of him with a fire extinguisher and then claim self-defence. Last month the Guardian revealed that the driver of the two-man non-emergency G4S ambulance crew told his colleague that “beating a patient to a pulp” was preferable to “being beaten to a pulp”, even if they were prosecuted. The driver of the G4S vehicle initially left a message saying the crew would be a few minutes late to take him to William Harvey hospital in Ashford, Kent. But he failed to complete the call correctly, and the crew’s conversation was recorded on the voicemail. “He’s homeless, he’s aggressive, he’s suicidal, so he ain’t gonna be the best, is he?” the driver was heard to say.

Source: The Guardian June 14, 2019 16:18 UTC