The resignation of renowned breast cancer specialist surgeon, Professor Carol-Ann Benn, from Helen Joseph Hospital has fuelled concerns about the loss of expertise in the public health sector amid existing pressures on cancer services in Gauteng.
"Professor Benn's approach has always been about putting the patient first. She has used her own money to buy things like surgical drains or surgical gloves so that she could do her work. She always made a plan, including squeezing in surgeries, and she did accept patients who do not fall into the Helen Joseph catchment area because of their need to access services. But senior management would make her life hell unnecessarily over this," she said.
Being unwell she couldn't keep her job and eventually went to Johannesburg to be with her mom. Thawe's employer donated R10 000 towards her daughter's treatment. On the clinic day, Thawe said, they waited for hours but added:"Everyone from the foundation was friendly and explained what was happening. When it's like that, you accept that you have to wait."
Thawe and Thandiwe stayed in contact with Benn. Mother and daughter kept fighting and eventually took their complaint to hospital CEO Ncha. Only then was Thandiwe's surgery approved.
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