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Paramedic injured during St. Patrick’s Day festivities

The paramedic was kicked in the stomach by a man she was treating; she was taken to the hospital for her injuries

By Claire Williamson
The Belfast Telegraph

BELFAST, Ireland — A female paramedic required hospital treatment after she was kicked in the stomach by a 19-year-old man she was treating during the St Patrick’s Day celebrations in Belfast.

It happened in the Bank Street area of Belfast city centre on Thursday night.

The 19-year-old became aggressive - spitting and kicking out at the crews. He was put in an ambulance where he kicked the woman in the stomach.

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