Community gets fit

Bertha Gxowa Hospital’s fitness clinic’s launch a success.

Co-founder of the Bertha Gxowa Hospital fitness clinic Niki Kgomo (left) poses with Ouma Moganedi, at the clinic’s launch, on Wednesday.

The Bertha Gxowa Hospital’s physio and dietetics departments have launched a fitness clinic.

The launch took place last Wednesday, in the hospital’s Kobie Moller Hall.

Weekly classes will now be held every Wednesday, at 1pm.

The day started with a fitness and health screening, followed by an aerobics class and refreshments.

The team thank the hospital, Mofaya, Body Lab, Sanlam, Gaby’s Earth Foods and Daniel Mahlaule for their help in making the clinic a reality.

Patients were given a home exercise programme and a diet plan after the launch.

For more details on the clinic, or to get involved, contact the hospital on 011 089-5412/8674.

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Mpho Rambau (left), Maphuthi Semeny, Lebogang Mathelemusa and Bertha Gxowa Hospital staff member Tamlin-Jade Johnson were just a few of the community members taking part in the launch of the hospital’s fitness clinic, on Wednesday.

The Bertha Gxowa Hospital’s CEO, Dr Nokwethemba Mtshali, helps to sign participants into the hospital’s fitness clinic, which launched on Wednesday.

Nomsa Mahori is weighed and measured by Chantelle van Zyl, at the Bertha Gxowa Hospital fitness clinic’s launch, on Wednesday.

Thando Nyembe (co-founder of the Bertha Gxowa Hospital fitness clinic) was on hand to measure participants’ blood pressure before they started the day’s activities.

Chantelle van Zyl was one of the dedicated Bertha Gxowa Hospital staff members working hard at the hospital’s fitness clinic, which launched last Wednesday.

Bertha Gxowa Hospital launch fitness clinic.