Tongaat Dog Attack leaves man critically injured

At 10h59 on Monday the 26th, Netcare 911 paramedics, and their rescue unit responded to a dog attack in Sauder's circle, Tongaat. Reports from the scene indicate that the male aged around seventy went to visit the people when he was attacked by their dog.

Paramedics arrived at the scene and found the elderly man to have sustained life-threatening injuries. The dog had dragged the man to the ground by the arm and then continued to rip the flesh off the man’s face before devouring it.

The Netcare Emergency care practitioner and his team worked tirelessly at the scene to stabilize the man. After he was placed on a ventilator, they transported him to a specialized hospital in Durban for the care that he required.