Each year on the 17th November the world comes together to raise awareness about prematurity and to celebrate our little heroes and heroines. One in 10 babies globally, and 1 in 7 babies in South Africa are born premature. Mankweng Tertiary Hospital in Polokwane cares for the tiniest of babies who have entered this world…
DetailsThe Limpopo Department of Health Provincial Anaesthesiologist, Dr Tsakani Mhlari, was awarded two grants by the Discovery Foundation to improve anaesthetic care, with a specific focus on maternal care, in Limpopo. Dr Mhlari, the District Clinical Specialist Team Anaesthesiologist for Capricorn District and the anaesthesiology team in the Polokwane/Mankweng Hospital Complex have employed innovative methods…
DetailsLed by the Limpopo MEC of Health, Dr Phophi Ramathuba, and the very passionate breastfeeding ambassador and nutrition manager of the department, Pogisho Daddy Mathhews, Limpopo opened the doors of its very first government workplace breastfeeding and expressing room on the 1st August 2018 in celebration of World Breastfeeding Week. The Albertina Sisulu Breastfeeding Room…
Details
