A woman assaults a healthcare technician in Palma after being treated for a head injury.
Local police are investigating the 59-year-old woman, who was under the influence of alcohol, for a minor assault charge after she hit the paramedic inside the ambulance and refused medical assistance.
PalmThe Palma Local Police have investigated a 59-year-old Russian woman as the possible perpetrator of a minor assault, after she attacked a paramedic in the early hours of Tuesday, November 4, on Sant Magí Street in Palma. According to a statement released by the Local Police, the incident began when a private ambulance was dispatched to attend to a woman with a bleeding head wound and clear signs of alcohol intoxication. According to the complaint filed by the assaulted paramedic, when he attempted to assist the woman inside the ambulance, she unexpectedly punched him in the nose. She then threw medical supplies at the other paramedic, refused further treatment, and left the scene. The victim requested police assistance and went to a medical center, where he was diagnosed with a nasal septum injury. Shortly after, a patrol from the Local Police's Immediate Intervention Unit (UII) was alerted on Argentina Avenue by a taxi driver who claimed that a woman was verbally abusing him because he refused to take her due to her condition. The officers confirmed that it was the same person involved in the assault on the medical personnel. Although a fully equipped ambulance from the 061 emergency service arrived at the scene, the woman again refused assistance. Following the incident and the formal complaint filed by the victim, the corresponding legal proceedings were initiated and have already been sent to the judicial authorities.