SecureMed

🚨 WEATHER ALERT | PLEASE STAY SAFE 🚨

With the severe weather conditions affecting the Cape Metropole and Helderberg areas, we urge all residents to remain safely vigilant and avoid unnecessary travel where possible. 🌧️💨

If you require:
🚑 Emergency medical assistance
🏥 Urgent transport to hospital
⚠️ Help for someone at home needing medical attention

Please contact SecureMed immediately:

📞 021-559-3020

Our teams are on standby across the Cape Metropole and Helderberg to assist where needed.

Please save this number, check in on elderly family members and neighbours, and stay safe during the storm. 💙

⚠️ WEATHER WARNING | CAPE TOWN ⚠️

The City of Cape Town’s Disaster Risk Management Centre has issued severe weather warnings from Sunday, 10 May until Tuesday, 12 May.

🔶 Orange Level 6 Warning:
• Disruptive rainfall leading to flooding of roads, low-lying bridges, and formal & informal settlements
• Damaging winds and waves

🟡 Yellow Level 2 Warning:
• Dangerous winds

Please stay alert, avoid unnecessary travel, and prioritise your safety during this period.

🚑 In any medical emergency, save our number NOW:
📞 021 559 3020

Whether you are in Bellville, Durbanville, Somerset West, or surrounding areas - SecureMed is here for you.

If you or a loved one is ill and unable to get to a hospital safely, contact SecureMed. Through SecureDoctor, we can assist with urgent medical support when you need it most.

The South African Weather Service advised the Disaster Risk Management Centre of the following weather warning for the period Sunday, 10 May 2026 to Tuesday, 12 May 2026:

• Orange level six warning for disruptive rainfall leading to flooding of roads, low-lying bridges, and formal as well as informal settlements

• Orange level six warning for damaging winds and waves leading to danger to navigation at sea and damage to coastal infrastructure along the coast between Lambert's Bay and Plettenberg Bay

• Yellow level two warning for damaging winds

The Disaster Coordinating Team (DCT) will be activated to coordinate the City’s response to weather-related impacts.

We urge the public to please follow official updates on social media and their preferred media channels closely, and to report any emergency incidents to the Public Emergency Communication Centre on 021 480 7700.

🚑💙 Real Heroes Show Up When It Matters Most 💙🚑

In an emotional and high-pressure medical emergency earlier today, our teams were dispatched to a residence in Letchworth following a distress call reporting that a baby was not breathing.

Multiple response units arrived on scene within minutes, where they were met with a deeply distressing situation. The infant showed clear signs of respiratory distress, and every second counted.

In that critical moment, A/R JP Weyers from District Group acted swiftly and decisively. Through calm, trained intervention, he was able to relieve the obstruction, allowing the baby to start breathing again.

A life saved. A family spared unimaginable loss.

Securemed arrived shortly thereafter and conducted further medical assessments, before safely transporting both mother and baby to Panorama Hospital for additional care and observation.

We want to take a moment to recognise JP for his professionalism, composure, and commitment to protecting life. This is what true service looks like. This is what it means to stand in the gap when it matters most.

As a leading emergency response service, we remain committed to serving every member of our community with the same level of urgency, care, and professionalism, no matter the situation.

Today is a reminder of why we do what we do.

💙 Well done to all responding units:
• Romeo 12
• Romeo 4
• Romeo 7
• Securemed teams