MEC OF HEALTH EMBARKS ON PROVINCIAL SPECIALIST OUTREACH
The past week on the 21-25 October 2020,the MEC of Health Dr Phophi Ramathuba visited Mopani district as she was leading a team of specialists providing services like: REPRODUCTIVE MEDICINE, UROGYNAECOLOGICAL, PLASTIC AND RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGEONS, PAEDIATRIC SURGEON,ENT SURGEONS, RADIOLOGY,MAXILLO FACIAL SURGEON, ORTHOPAEDIC SURGEON, UROLOGIST AND OPHTHALMOLOGY under the theme #RuralHealthMatters. At Letaba Hospital we visited paediatric unit, surgical ward,Xray,orthoraedic and theatre pit, Dr C.N Phatudi Hospital we spoke with blind patients. In Letaba some patients waited their turn to be operated and some got operated on different operations. There was a young lady who travelled around the province for about 4 months,for her childs operation on her leg,she didn't have enough money to pay for private hospital.She did loose hope for a period of time and now when this initiative was introduced,her child was operated successfully and she was very excited. This two young ...