Bheki Mlangeni District Hospital in Jabulani, Soweto has given a Grade 12 stabbing victim a second chance at life after performing the facility's first heart surgery on him. | iavanpijoos
PHOTO: Supplied/Gauteng Health DepartmentDoctors operated on Grade 12 pupil Tumisang Motsikwa after he was stabbed outside his school in April, while trying to help a pupil who was being mugged.
Bheki Mlangeni District Hospital in Jabulani, Soweto gave a Grade 12 pupil a second chance when it performed its first heart surgery on him last month. The head of Accident and Emergency at the hospital, Dr Sashriqua Palliam, and her team of nurses and doctors, including Dr Ismail Ebrahim, immediately resuscitated him.Due to his condition, he could not be transferred to Chris Hani Baragwanath Academic Hospital.
"Tumisang was kept in the ICU for three days and then released to the surgical ward before finally being discharged home on Friday. I commend the Bheki Mlangeni team for the sterling work they did and for rising to the occasion," Nkomo-Ralehoko added.In the past, she said, the state of the healthcare system in the province was found to be wanting due to ageing or unavailable infrastructure and limited resources, leading to poor patient experience and a decline in public trust.
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