Nearly 30,000 medical emergencies, more than 14,000 family protection cases, and dozens of shops suspected of peddling fake work permits were recorded over the past year, as pressure mounted on emergency services and police identified a drop in crime across the south. Interior Ministry figures show the operations room fielded 2,253 calls in February alone. Around 60 per cent were emergency cases, 35 per cent traffic-related, and the rest security matters. Coastguards responded to 39 reports that month. Four were involved maritime accidents, while 13 were assistance calls. Twenty-two came from boats stranded or needing rescue. Civil Defence handled 1,262 incidents. Requests Over 580 were requests for help, and there were 164 fires. Trees, lamp-posts or road signs had come down in 33 cases. Another 122 calls were traffic-related. Ambulance services were stretched even further. Paramedics responded to 4,719 reports in February. Nearly 30,000 medical incidents were logged in the year to date. Accidents There were also 444 traffic accidents, 867 patient transfers from private hospitals, and 411 other incidents, including 18 fires. Police in the Southern Governorate recorded 18,338 reports over the past 14 months. Of those, 15,986 were logged in 2024. The rest came in January and February […]