The new world-class facility at Soweto's Chris Hani Baragwanath Academic Hospital aims to see a hi-tech skin bank and tissue-engineering laboratory established.
In a statement, Gauteng health MEC Nomathemba Mokgethi expressed gratitude to the foundation, adding that most of the department's funds have in the past year been dedicated to Covid-19, leaving integral gaps in units such as these.
It is usually their hard living conditions that result in them being victims of fire. From paraffin stove accidents to candle-ignited shack flames, Tsandeni said she had seen it all over her years at the facility. At first, counselling used to be offered to the nurses who worked in the unit but over the years, Tsendani said, such services were no longer as easily accessible as before.
“The majority of the patients suffering from burn injuries are poor and in dense low-income settlements with less or no access to electricity as a basic need. During winter, we witness high volume of burn cases as a result of usage of solid fuels and flammable hydrocarbons such as paraffin. “This financial boost will help turn around the unit, increasing the infrastructural capacity to accommodate patients who are in desperate need.”
She said the health department needed to build from what it had inherited from the Roy McAlpine Charitable Foundation.
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