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Sister Salome Siebritz volunteered to drive two patients through the night to Chris Barnard Hospital in Cape Town despite just having finished an eight-hour shift.
PORT ELIZABETH - Sister Salome Siebritz from Uitenhage near Port Elizabeth, is being hailed a hero after she drove through the night so two patients can get life-saving kidney transplants in Cape Town after no other transport could be found.There were only 12 hours available for the two patients to get the life-saving kidney transplants they needed andSiebritz volunteered to drive the patients 800 kilometres to Chris Barnard Hospital in Cape Town despite just having finished an eight-hour shift.
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