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A string of alleged violent assaults on Queensland paramedics has increased pressure on the state government to deliver hasty paramedic safety reform.

Three ambulance officers were reportedly assaulted in the state on Sunday night.

A female medic was allegedly bashed by a “heavily intoxicated’’ teenager at a Brisbane hotel, and ended up in hospital.

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Paramedics were reportedly called to the Regatta Hotel in Toowong to find a heavily intoxicated woman, 19, vomiting in the hotel bathroom and struggling to stand.

A Queensland Ambulance Service spokesman said the woman “came to” and became “very violent” after she was moved to the ambulance.

“The patient punched the female paramedic several times, leaving her with a swollen face and scratch marks on an arm,” the spokesman told News Corp.

“A male paramedic who also attended was unharmed.”

The female paramedic was reportedly treated at Mater Private Hospital for bruising and cuts to her face.

Meanwhile, earlier on Sunday, two paramedics in separate incidents were also allegedly assaulted.

A Queensland Ambulance Service spokesman said: “the officers did not receive any injuries, following an altercation at the Landsborough Pub on the Sunshine Coast about 6.30pm.”

Queensland Health Minister Cameron Dick has created a taskforce to examine safety risks to paramedics, which is expected to report its findings in late January.

United Voice secretary Gary Bullock said the ambulance representatives had increased its pressure on the government for more access to a patient’s personal data before they attended a job.

Ambulance officers and their families were rallying last week, after another alleged violent bashing of a paramedic at Coomera in December.

The alleged attacker was charged and was due to face the Southport Magistrates’ Court.

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