PATIENTS at Hillcrest Hospital, a government facility dedicated to caring for chronically ill individuals, has welcomed the installation of a television set and DVD player, donated by staff from Marriott Asset Management.
The hospital is one of the beneficiaries of Marriott’s annual Mandela Day donations, however, Marriott staff decided to take this generosity a step further after visiting the facility in July.
“Every year our staff dedicate 67 minutes towards something beneficial and this year was baking goods,” explained Kim Reinhardt, PA at Marriott Asset Management.
“These were then used to create platters which were donated to various local organisations, one of which was the Hillcrest Hospital.”
Identifying a further need, the staff put together hampers consisting of toiletry products for the patients and then contributed the R5 000 needed to buy a 43 inch flat screen TV, wall mount and DVD player.
“Although some patients have their own televisions, many do not,” explained Reinhardt.
“Several patients at the facility have restricted movement as they are recovering from strokes and accidents, so the introduction of a television provides welcome entertainment.”
The TV was installed, free of charge by Rob Moxey from Hillcrest Home Entertainment.
“On behalf of the hospital we would just like to say a heartfelt thank you to Marriott,” said Wadine Estrice, an occupational therapist at Hillcrest Hospital.
“A new TV was something we had desired and they just met that need so perfectly. We are sincerely grateful.”
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