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🧡 frontline healthcare heroes 🏨 internship/comserv placement prep 📍locally produced guide of South African healthcare facilities 👉🏾 not a NDOH project

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It’s our birthday! Thank you for one year of support and community building with us 🧡

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In hard times...DANCE! Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital infection control laboratory takes on the #jerusalema challenge. Has you team done the same? Send it our way!

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(3/3) “I am perhaps better equipped now more than ever before to understand what happens not only physically but also emotionally - and be more empathetic towards my patients.” Dr Cindy Mpanza (St Andrew’s Hospital, KwaZulu Natal)

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(1/3) “The day I found out I was COVID-19 positive, I was devastated. I just couldn’t understand how it happened. But it had happened and that was a fact I couldn’t change or dispute.”

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(2/3) “I had to be self isolated for 10 days. Not able to go anywhere was horrific but perhaps this time was for me to recharge, reflect and restrategise for when I went back to work - to have a better plan for my patients and for myself, now that I have 1st-hand experience.”

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Looking for some inspiration, a peek into your future & the chance to chat with 2 amazing doctors? Join @AccountLabSA this Thursday at 5pm where @dr_khanyile will be in conversation with Dr Mirja Delport. Register here: https://t.co/qrAzh1G1zN

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You got this week!

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“I chose Medicine hoping my life would be like a Grey's Anatomy episode.”
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Adriaan Dell (King Edward Hospital, KwaZulu Natal)

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(2/2) “This forces me to spend less than 15 min per patient. A lot of patients end up complaining that they weren't cared for enough. Doctors are lifetime workers, learners and servers, but sadly the daily challenges can be too much.” Dr Kingsley Jnr Ncube (Orthopaedic Surgeon)

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(1/2) “As doctors we face tons of criticism on daily basis. I'm working at a private hospital that has seen a huge influx of patients everyday. Sadly the doctor-to-patient ratio is very low. Every doctor literally sees over 70 patients per day.”

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“Last week I became a statistic when I tested positive for Covid-19. This weekend I can happily say that I've joined a new statistic group - people who have recovered from Covid-19!” Annuscha Brown (Medical Doctor, Western Cape) #COVID19 #Survivor #FrontLineHeroes

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@Nurse_Spacee 🧡

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“2020 has been full of uncertainties because of the global pandemic. I am glad to be back in clinical, doing what I love. As a final year Nursing student, I am looking forward to finishing my studies and starting my community service“ Bontlefela Dilotsotlhe (CHBAH, Gauteng)

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About 116 Healthcare workers at the hospital (Leratong) have been tested positive for COVID. 😷🙆🏽‍♀️

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(3/3) “To the person that needed to read this, I know you're tired. You're fed up. You're so close to breaking. But there's strength within you, even when you are at your weakest point. Keep fighting. You've got this!” @DrNosiMhlanga (Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital, Gauteng)

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(1/3) “Over the past 6 months I've come to realize that living your purpose isn't always easy...In my context, being a new doctor with so much new responsibility and expectation, all in the middle of a pandemic. Struggling with mental health, healing from an injury...”

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(2/3) “This has been a difficult but equally, growing, fulfilling and beautiful journey thus far. The road to actualizing your purpose may bring some challenges your way, but they will never be more than what you are equipped to handle.”

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Last chance to leave a review of your health facility to assist this year’s ICSP applicants! Having a past experience to draw from makes application choices a ton easier. Visit https://t.co/KavvkYPntj.