Bok skipper Siya Kolisi shows support for World Prematurity Day
Sunday is World Prematurity Day and who better to offer support than Siya and Rachel Kolisi, South Africa’s most high-profile parents of premature children?IVAKHELE HILI was born on September 29 at Mowbray Maternity Hospital and weighed 1.1kg. Springbok captain Siya Kolisi, below, often visits the neonatal unit at Groote Schuur Hospital. His son, Nicholas, was born prematurely.
Kolisi, who often visits the neonatal intensive care unit at Groote Schuur Hospital to empathise with mothers, understands the trauma associated with having a child in a critical condition. In a video message, he said: “We are parents of a ‘premmie’ baby and we understand what it feels like. We love the work the Newborns Trust is doing. Everyone needs to help because there is so much work to be done to save these babies.”
Statistics show that one in seven infants are born prematurely in South Africa and that prematurity is the leading cause of death in children under the age of 5.
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