Highway Hospice continues to care for patients
The Highway Hospice want to promote the drive to revive their famous unit as soon as possible.
SINCE the inception of Covid-19 safety measures in South Africa, the Highway Hospice has managed to service their 614 current patients.
The 33 members of the hospice homecare team have never stopped working.
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“The fleet of cars still go out. Our special team; supplied with the required medical equipment, drugs and disability equipment still care for our patients.
“Food parcels, hygiene products, PPE’s and consumable distribution is also managed by the team logistically as the need grows,” said Durban Highway Hospice head of public relations, John Olds.
He said each hospice made its own decisions. “We closed the In Patient unit as an infection control strategy in April. Some other larger hospices have been affected by Covid-19, and were forced to close all operations for a period.
“We have since made the tough decision to keep the unit closed until we are sure of operational and financial security. This has unfortunately resulted in retrenchments of affected staff,” said Olds.
As one of Durban’s largest, oldest and best known NPOs, Olds said they would like to get the news to the community in a structured way. Through the retrenchment process, there has been a lot of rumours on social media which the hospice would like to correct.
The hospice continues to care for all of their patients.”We want to promote the drive to revive our famous unit as soon as possible. We owe it to the community to provide them with the care they deserve in their last days,” explained Olds.
For queries, email Linda Webb (CEO) at lmwebb@hospice.co.za or John Olds at fundraising@hospice.co.za.
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