Big Favour: Medical professionals rally to help patient with tumour
With the help of these unbelievable medical professionals and The Big Favour, Lunga Khumalo will get the operation that she couldn't afford to pay for.
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Not knowing if the tumour is malignant, Lunga is not in the position to pay for the operation out of her own pocket.
No one can tell me that the people on the East Coast are not UNBELIEVABLE! Just take a look at this.
Dr Chetty has agreed to do Lunga's entire procedure for free. Capital oncology hospital has agreed to fund her procedure pro-bono. The anesthetist, Dr Selvin Naidoo, as well as the oncologist, Dr Kunene, have also both agreed to offer their services for free. Dr M Naicker from 'On Track Physiotherapists' in Durban North will provide all physiotherapy and shoulder rehabilitation for free.
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Special thanks to Dr Rinesh Chetty who is a Specialist Orthopaedic Surgeon - MbChb (UFS) HDip.Fc (ortho) SA.
His practice no is 0404659. His specialties include Orthopaedic spinal surgery, Chronic spinal pain, and Orthopaedic rehabilitation.
Visit him at Floor 3, Suite 202, 78 Ismail C Meer Street (Formerly Lorne Street), Opposite City Hospital, Durban, 4001.
You can contact him on (031) 3091210, (031) 8254586 or (031) 8113010 - after hour emergencies only or via email on [email protected].
Sina Oncology Cancer Clinic is a group of two Clinical and Radiation Oncologists with practices in Durban and East London, as well as outreach clinics in Kokstad and Umtata. They offer specialised management of a myriad of cancers, including solid hematological malignancies such as lymphoma and multiple myeloma.
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Dr Sanele Kunene is based at the Durban practice and has a special interest in female oncology, including breast, cervical, endometrial, and ovarian cancer, while Dr Nkanyiso Zwane is based at the East London practice.
You can visit them at Suite 4, Hopelands Court, 75 Hopelands Road in Overport.
Feel free to contact them on 031 100 1001 or via email at [email protected].
With the philosophy of keeping abreast of the latest developments in medicine, and with the purpose of providing premium care for patients, the Capital Haematology Hospital has invested in expensive and advanced infrastructure at their facility.
The result has seen a small but highly-specialised centre of excellence where medical specialists can practice the best medicine and produce optimal clinical outcomes.
Their vision is to:
- Collaborate to create a compassionate environment of healing.
- The staff at the Capital Hospital Group, from the cleaners to medical experts, have the common goal of collaboration to ensure the best possible outcome for patients.
- With the back-up of the best medical technology and custom-made facilities, the staff at the hospital work as a seamless team.
Their values include:
- Courage to make a contribution and serve humanity.
- Innovation by continuously improving and being creative with a solution orientation.
- Honouring our commitments by being accountable and respectful to our patients and each other.
- Striving for excellence and pursuing perfection.
Capital Haematology Hospital is the first hospital of its kind in KwaZulu-Natal and one of only four such facilities in South Africa. It is a specialist facility for the treatment of blood disorders and includes a bone marrow/stem cell transplant unit. Stem cell therapies are the future of medicine – our heart-warming and incredible success stories speaks for itself.
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The group is exploring opportunities to further extend this footprint with centres throughout the country, and across a variety of disciplines.
Capital Endovascular which is a centre of excellence for Cardio-Vascular and Endovascular interventions comprising a cardiac catheterisation laboratory integrated with an emergency endovascular theatre and the first endovascular hybrid operating room endovascular laboratory. This facility will become operational in November 2017.
Another special thanks goes to Dr Marlene Naicker (PhD) who is the Chief Physiotherapist at Regent medical center.
Visit her at On Track Physiotherapy - 71 Mackeurtan Avenue, Virginia. Durban North
Feel free to contact her on (031) 5633530 or (031) 8113009. You can also email [email protected] for more info or visit their website or Facebook page.
Contact Clinpath laboratories Main Laboratory on 0861 CLINPATH or 032 944 8756. You can also email the following individuals for more info:
Information: [email protected]
Rajesh Maharaj [email protected]
Management PA: [email protected]
Contact Bloodline Labs' Shaun Naidoo via email on [email protected]. Or visit them at Shop 2b Gem Towers, 98 Overport Drive. Call them on 031 207 2579.
A big thank you to all the medical professionals who have come together to help Lunga and hopefully extend and improve her quality of life.