Parents and other guests braved the chilly Gauteng weather to attend the official opening of the Zakithi Nkosi Paediatric Oncology Clinic.
Mashile-Nkosi channelled her grief towards creating a centre dedicated to fighting the rare illness that claimed her child’ life at the age of 19. “Unfortunately, she did not have the opportunity to be saved as a result of a gap in haematology services in public hospitals,” he said.Professor Sithembiso Velaphi, the head of paediatrics at Bara, said working with children was a touching and emotionally draining experience, as health workers are also often parents:
“Our hospital is old, and we have challenges such as water supply, boiler [breaking down] and sometimes the air conditioning does not work. We are grateful to the Stanley and Daphne Nkosi Foundation for bringing about change to human lives,” Velaphi said.
the Arsonists are licking their fingers
A month later we are poised to hear about corruption and malfeasance from the project and government officials