Ray's Journey
If we’re generally bad at holding service providers accountable for good service, we’re totally useless when it comes to dealing with providers in the healthcare sector. We’ve no one to blame but ourselves when we end up in abusive
On a Monday morning in August, 2016, South African Wayde van Niekerk became the fastest person on earth across 400 meters of an athletics track, raising whoops of unbridled joy and admiration. I was left considering my own slow,
https://www.iol.co.za/weekend-argus/dire-problems-in-sas-cardiac-health-care-12228519 ‘Dire problems in SA’s cardiac health care’ Weekend Argus / 2 December 2017, 12:09pm / Ray Hartle THE 50th anniversary of the first human-to-human heart transplant is an opportunity to celebrate, but South Africans should also wake up to the reality of the
Provide relevant information to all communities in our country on heart disease and available treatments; Promote an effective recording of deaths in order to get an accurate account of the causes of death and the burden of disease; Lead a
University of Cape Town and Groote Schuur Hospital cardiothoracic surgeon Dr Tim Pennel joined East London cardiologist Dave Kettles in a discussion on the challenges in diagnosing and treating heart disease in South Africa. The event was hosted by Life
CONTESTED LEGACY: MARKING THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF PROF CHRIS BARNARD’S PIONEERING HEART TRANSPLANT – Ray Hartle The news that Prof Christiaan Barnard of the University of Cape Town and Groote Schuur Hospital had carried out the
There’s a reason I love words more than numbers. But I’ve realised over the years that not paying attention to the big numbers in any area of my life can lead to serious problems – it can even be a
God of second chances – thank you!! From the moment last Tuesday morning when I said goodbye in my “waiting” hospital Ward to an emotional Jan, the Polish seaman who was being treated for pneumonia contracted off the Atlantic coast,
I have today been told by doctors at Christiaan Barnard Memorial Hospital that a donor heart is available for me and will be transplanted tomorrow (Tuesday) morning. Head of the heart transplant unit Dr Willie Koen brought the news just
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