POLOKWANE – The MEC for Health in Limpopo, Dr. Phophi Ramathuba has congratulated Professor Mohlala and his team at the Mankweng Hospital for yet another successful open heart surgery in eight days.
This, after the first operation performed on 19 April was dubbed the first and most complicated one to be performed in any public hospital in Limpopo since 1996.
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The MEC, this morning, joined by the management of the hospital, visited a second open heart surgery patient operated on by Professor Mohlala and his team.
“A 50-year-old male patient with Aortic Valve Stenosis due to calcification has a reason to celebrate Freedom Day. The patient was literally given a new valve,” said MEC Ramathuba.
In a statement released by the Limpopo Department of Health, the MEC said that the hospital will restore services one patient at a time and she thanked the Clinical Director, Dr. Seshoka Muila, for “providing leadership within clinical governance and restoration of public confidence into Mankweng Hospital.”
In addition to the successful open heart surgeries, the MEC has noted that Mankweng Hospital can now be referred to as a Tertiary and Teaching hospital following successful pediatric operations performed.
“This is the best way for me to celebrate Freedom Day knowing so many lives have been saved with the limited resources the hospital has, knowing that now we have teams of leadership in our facilities who share my vision and appreciate the economic challenges our people face. They don’t give me 200 reasons why certain things can’t be done, but find a way to do them,” her statement concluded.
