mahatma gandhi hospital newsletter : september 2014 wolwazi official newsletter of mahatma gandhi...
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Umthombo Wolwazi
Official Newsletter of Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Hospital Issue 2 ‐ September 2014
Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Hospital, Private Bag X13, Mount Edgecombe 4300
http.www.kznhealth.gov.za/mahatmaghandhihospital.htm
Foreword from the Hospital Acting Chief Executive Officer
Mr GBC Khawula - Acting Chief Executive Officer
F irstly, I would like to appreci-
ate the warm welcome that I received from all levels of staff when I started here in Mahatma Gandhi Me-morial Hospital as Acting CEO in June
2014.
I had mixed feelings when I was asked to assist in this institution. I asked my-self of whether I was the right person to assist in creating harmony and sta-bility in the institution as the situation was volatile.
By working together with organized labour and staff to address their chal-lenges faced by the institution has started bearing good results as some of critical issues has been resolved and still in process of addressing all other challenges that they are still out-standing.
I am still requesting that we continue working together as a team at ensur-ing service delivery is not compro-mised so that the vision of our govern-ment is achieved of “Long and healthy life for all”.
Our clients are our priority.
Highlights of this Issue
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Snippets In Pictures
ACEO’S Foreword
Parliamentary Visit
Child Protection Week
Women’s Month Celebration
MGMH CELEBRATES SPRING DAY
Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Hospi-tal in conjunction with Capitol Ca-terers hosted a Spring Day event on the 1 September to welcome a new season.
Staff enjoyed various food pre-pared in a garden and they were very excited on this day.
New Season - New Beginning
Breastfeeding Week
Child Protection Week
Mr GBC Khawula - Acting Chief Executive Officer
EDITORIAL DESK
COMPLIMENTS…….
God bless you guys for being timeously, diligent and making my stay in MGMH a wonderful one and making my health restored and for keeping me happy while I had been there.
No matter what people, media or whoever says I believe in you guys and I see what you guys go through. No one can or would do what you do as a team.
Keep Up The Good Work!!!
With lots love
From : Selven Moodley
To : Ward 5, Sister, Nurses & Doctors
Mahatma Gandhi Hospital staff bids farewell to Ian Ngcobo
The staff handing over the gifts to Mr Ian Ngcobo
M ahatma Gandhi Memorial Hospital staff bided farewell to Mr Ian Ngcobo on the 23 September 2014 at Gandhi Park, Phoe-nix.
Mr Ian Ngcobo was working as a Finance Manage-ment Officer in Admin Department, and he is leaving the hospital for greener pastures.
Ms B.M. Ntshingila ( Senior Finance Management Officer) spoke in one voice with the staff in praising Mr Ian Ngcobo for being friendly and always being committed to his work.
The staff wished Mr Ian Ngcobo good luck in his fu-ture endeavours.
I t is a pleasure to meet again in this publication, our
beloved readers, which provides exciting stories about events happening in our institution.
We are pleased with your positive responses and words of encouragement because this shows your satisfaction regarding health services we provide to you.
We would like to thank our Acting CEO, Mr GBC Khawula, Staff, Organised Labour & Hospital Board for their commitment in ensuring continuous provision of an optimal health care to the community.
It is now towards the end of the year 2014, but the De-partment’s vision of rendering an optimal health care to the clients doesn't end. We need to strive exceedingly in ensuring the implementation of National Core Standards, which thus ensuring that NHI becomes a reality.
The hospital hosted a successful Women’s Day event to celebrate the women’s achievements and to encourage them to always strive for excellence.
Until next time
Mr. S. Ngcobo - PRO
Mr S. Ngcobo - PRO
EDITORIAL DESK
The staff biding farewell to Mr N. Dumakude Capitol staff listening attentively to speeches during the event
Mr W. Chamane (Capitol) handing over gifts to Mr Dumakude The staff cutting the cake during the event
Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Hospital staff bids farewell to Mr N. Dumakude
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staff in conjunction with Capi-tol Caterers staff bided fare-well to Mr N. Dumakude, As-sistant Manager, Systems Management.
Mr N. Dumakude left the de-partment at the end of Sep-tember 2014 after dedicated many years of his life serving the community with his ex-pertise.
Mr P. Arumugum, Finance Manager & Mr R. Maphu-mulo, Systems Manager
spoke in one voice with the staff in praising Mr N. Duma-kude for being friendly and respecting other people. They also praised him for al-ways showing a generous gesture to other people.
Mr Wiseman Chamane, Capitol Caterers General Manager praised Mr Duma-kude for the good working relationship the company had with the hospital. He also thanked him for always assisting when they had op-erational challenges.
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Hospital and Capitol Cater-ers staff displayed their ap-preciation by giving Mr N. Dumakude precious gifts. .
Mr N. Dumakude thanked the staff for always being part of his family and for the event and gifts given to him of which shows cemented relationship they had.
The staff wished Mr N. Du-makude good luck in his fu-ture endeavours.
MP, Omie Singh (right) outlining the purpose of the visit Mr GBC Khawula (ACEO) briefing the delegation
MP, Omie Singh greeting the patient during their visit Matron G. Naidoo & Sister Govender briefing the delegation
Members of Parliament pays special visit to Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Hospital
T he Member of Parlia-ment, Omie Singh paid
an oversight visit to Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Hospital on the 02 October 2014.
The Honourable, Omie Singh was accompanied by local Ward Counsellors. He outlined the purpose of their visit as to look at the daily operations of the institution and to hear the challenges the hospital face with.
Mr GBC Khawula, Acting CEO mentioned that the hospital was built to operate and serve as District Hospital, but operate as a Regional Hospital without
necessary resources which en-tails staff, medical equipment like CT Scan etc. Mr Khawula mentioned that some patients bypass their local clinics and come to the hospital which cause overcrowding and strain on the staff.
Mr Khawula outlined measures that the hospital has put in place to ease overcrowding which entails the collection of chronic medication at local clin-ics on a monthly basis and also to have a doctor who will visit the clinics.
Mr Khawula assured the dele-gation that the staff will be trained continuously on Batho
Pele, Patients Rights and on Customer Care to ensure that they always display positive atti-tude to the clients.
The Member of Parliament, Mr Omie Singh mentioned that the newly built hospital next to Bridge City Shopping Mall will ease the load from MGMH, once its start operating.
MP, Mr Omie Singh praised Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Hospital current management and staff for their commitment in rendering health care ser-vices to the community.
MAHATMA GANDHI MEMORIAL HOSPITAL JOINS HANDS WITH NEDBANK
Karen (right) & Mr. Abdul (left) who gave presentations during Nedbank Network Workshop at Mount Edgecombe Golf Estate
MGMH Management listening attentively to the presenta-tion during the workshop hosted by Nedbank
MGMH & Nedbank Management during the workshop at Pani Dam
Dr. D. H. Rungan, Mr. P. Arumugum, R. Maphumulo, Mrs C. Govender, Z. Zulu, N. Dumakude, B. Naidoo & S. Ngcobo during the workshop
M ahatma Gandhi Me-morial Hospital
joined hands with Nedbank on the 20 August 2014 at Pani Dam, Mount Edgecombe Golf Estate for a one day Workshop as part of the Nedbank Net-work Initiative.
All Senior and Line Managers were invited to this workshop hosted by Nedbank : KZN Na-tal Region. This is one of few initiatives taken by Nedbank to
assist institutions on Training to better their management skills. The workshop was facili-tated by experts from Ned-bank.
Topics which were covered entailed Diversity, Transforma-tional Leadership, Change Management & Conflict Man-agement.
Karen who was the Trainer of the day encouraged managers to lead the staff into a right di-rection to give the best service
to the clients. She also encour-aged them to always appreci-ate and reward the staff for their contribution to the suc-cess of the institution.
Managers left the session well equipped and ready to assist with all that they were taught to render optimal health care to the clients.
Mahatma Gandhi Hospital Man-agement would like to thank Ned-bank for such an informative and
excellent workshop.
Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Hospital hosts a successful Women’s Day Celebration Event
M ahatma Gandhi Memo-rial Hospital hosted an
exciting Women’s Day event on the 06 / 07 August as part of Women’s Month Celebration.
The theme of the event was, “ Women Empowerment, Sexuality, and Sensuality.” The intention of the event was to encourage women to be physically, mentally and financially fit.
Ex Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Hospital employees Miss Nomusa Mayeni who was a Catering Man-ager who is now working in Head Office (Youth, Gender and Trans-formation) and Phumelele Mthembu who was a Dietician who is now a successful business woman motivated women to strive for success, not to sit stagnant in the same positions.
Miss Nomusa Mayeni explained the department’s Women Charter on Transforming the lives of women and encouraged women to familiarize themselves with it.
The hospital also celebrated achievements of their very own Idols SA Season 10 Star, Dr Lihle Buthelezi.
Mahatma Gandhi Hospital part-nered with Escape, Virgin Active, GEMS, Old Mutual, Nedbank & SH’ZEN.
Women were given special treat-ment on their day by SH’ZEN which provided them with free massage, manicures and pedi-cures by their very own in-house staff.
GEMS encouraged women to stay healthy by doing regular check-ups and provided free GM, BP’s and
Cholesterol and massages to all female staff.
Virgin Active and Escape educated women about importance of exer-cising and staying healthy.
Nedbank and Old Mutual educated women about the importance of financial freedom and financial planning of which plays a signifi-cant role in empowering women.
Ladies were very excited with such a special treatment and talks given on their special day.
Women listening attentively to the speeches during the event
Ms Nomusa Mayeni delivering her speech during the event Phumelele Mthembu encouraging women during the event
Dr. L. Buthelezi entertaining the audience
Mandela Day Celebrations 2014 at Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Hospital
The Unlimited staff doing painting at Nursery
M ahatma Gandhi Memorial Hospital
acknowledged governments call to encourage all South Africans to dedicate 67 min-utes of their time to better lives of the needy.
Dr. Nelson Mandela was a global icon, the Father of the Nation. He has fought a good fight ensuring equality and freedom for all citizens which thus reflects a Rainbow Na-tion for South Africa.
Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Hospital joined hands with
various organisations on the 18 July 2014 to celebrate the life of the world late icon Dr. Nelson Mandela for his hu-manitarian acts and initiatives that acknowledge his never-ending quest to change the world for the better.
Participated organisations were The Unlimited, Nando– Umhlanga, ANC Youth League, Democratic Alliance, Luxmi Narayam Temple Soci-ety – Phoenix, Caterers.
Unlimited staff dedicated their time on this day doing filing, painting, pottering of patients
and specimens to various de-partments and also did gar-dening.
Kids were also given special treatment whereby they were given party packs of which really made their great day.
Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Hospital management would like to thank all participated organizations because this special day wouldn't be a suc-cess without your participa-tion and contribution.
The Unlimited staff doing filling at Admitting The group with donated party packs for kids
The group of Unlimited staff during Mandela Day
TCC staff entertaining children on the day
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Thuthuzela Care Centre to-gether with the National Prosecuting Authority(Ntuzuma & Verulam Courts), SAPS visited Novimba Pri-mary School– Thafamasi area in Ndwedwe as their Mandela Day initiative.
The school visited is a poor rural school with children from impoverished families. The school was identified by TCC coordinator (Ms. Zama Mbili) during the Child Protection Awareness month to raise
awareness on child abuse, sexual, violence and em-power young people with channels of reporting and ser-vices available to them and the importance of early re-porting.
The TCC staff held a cake raffle and a hot dog sale. The fundraising initiative went very well, the TCC managed to get sponsorship from Ideals stores for beanie hat and gloves for the whole school. The funds TCC staff raised was used to buy pencil cases with pencil and rubbers for each child and a KFC meal.
The NPA through Ntuzuma and Verulam court also par-ticipated, they bought school shoes and jerseys for indigent pupils which were identified by the school principal.
The TCC team would like to thank the management and staff for support given and also Ntuzuma and Verulam court respectively and the Prosecution Team.
The event wouldn’t be a suc-cess without your contribution and participation
Children receiving beanie hats and pencils cases Ms Qwabe and Ms Mzobe handing out school uniforms
TCC staff singing the National Anthem
Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Hospital hosts a successful Breastfeeding Event
M ahatma Gandhi Memorial Hospital
Antenatal Clinic hosted a suc-cessful Breastfeeding Event on the 6 August 2014 as part of the Breastfeeding Week.
The event started in a high note when the staff and pa-tients embarked on a parade to MOPD, POPD and various wards singing songs, chanting slogans promoting Breast-feeding and also displaying posters in this regard.
Sister P.F Mkhabela gave a talk on positioning and attach-ment of the baby.
Mothers were also taught on breast expressing technique
Ms Megan Clarke, Dietician gave a talk on complemen-tary feeding and follow-up support. She encouraged mothers to give their babies breast milk and solid food from six months old to pro-mote health, support growth and enhance development.
Ms Megan Clarke encour-aged mothers to give babies fortified baby cereals, mashed vegetables and finely mashed or pureed meat which contain sufficient nutrients for their growth.
Lay Counsellor, Ms P.O. Mhlungu encouraged moth-ers to visit clinics in the early stage of their preg-nancy to be assessed and placed on a PMTCT Pro-gramme should the need arise.
Questions and Answer ses-sion was conducted by Sis-ter G. Naidoo, Breastfeed-ing Coordinator whereby mothers won themselves exciting gifts.
Mothers were very excited to be empowered with such a powerful knowledge.
Sr P.F Mkhabela showing positioning and attachment Sister P.F Mkhabela giving a talk on breastfeeding
Sister G. Naidoo handing over a gift to a mother Sister L Mkhize who was the Programme Director
MAHATMA GANDHI MEMORIAL HOSPITAL COMMUNITY OUTREACH PROGRAMME
The community accessing health services during the event The patient doing a high blood pressure test during the event
Nurses rendering health services during the event Sister M. Christian doing a sugar test on a patient
M ahatma Gandhi Memorial Hospital embarked on a
Community Outreach Pro-gramme at Grace Covenant Family Church on the 9 Au-gust 2014.
Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Hospital staff went an extra mile by reaching out once again to all the ladies at GCFC by doing medicals (GM, BP , Height and weight) to all who attended.
The Community Outreach Pro-gramme was part of the hospi-tal initiative to celebrate Women's Month.
The theme of the day was, “Women Empowerment, Health and Beauty.”
Health promotion material was issued for educational purposes which assisted the ladies to empower them-selves and also to maintain healthy lifestyles.
The outreach programme was part of the hospital initia-tive to celebrate Women's Month.
Ladies were encouraged to do check-ups regularly and talk about importance of ex-ercising and staying healthy. Women were also given
special treatment on this day whereby they were given free massages, pedi-cures and manicures.
Women were motivated to always strive for excellence in order to accomplish their dreams and to play a sig-nificant role in contributing in the economic growth.
Grace Covenant Family Church ladies were pleased for such a great experience.
Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Hospital commemorate World Elderly Awareness Day
Attendees listening attentively to speeches
Social Workers, Miss P Ndwalana, Mrs V Dhana-palan, Mrs T Chetty, Mrs Z Dladla & Mrs T Rowkith
Senior Citizens being given a massage
Mrs T. Mdletshe ‐ Programme Director
themselves as they engaged in different activities such as dancing and they were very interactive. They were also pampered with massages and each elder received a gift after the program.
Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Hospital Management would like to extend our apprecia-tion and gratitude to the sponsor's, Capital Caterer, Karanja tuck shop, Nasren Omarjee from Pharmacy de-partment and to everyone who participated to make this event successful.
types of abuse of the elders and the criteria of admission into an old age home.
Rosalina Veerajoo and Sumeshree Kuppen, Physio-therapists gave a talk on the services provided by their de-partment.
Zanele Mthimkhulu from Phar-macy department gave a talk on the importance of treatment compliance, safe keeping of medication as well as the im-portance of checking the expiry dates. Kerusha Naicker from Dietetics department gave a talk on healthy eating habits.
The response was positive and the senior citizens enjoyed
T he Social Work Depart-ment commemorated a
World Elderly Awareness Day on the 25 June 2014.
World Elderly Abuse Aware-ness Day is recognized annu-ally on or around 15 June. This day is about working together to bring a greater recognition of the maltreatment of elderly people wherever they live, and to highlight the need for appro-priate action.
We targeted senior citizens from Phoenix, kwaMashu and Verulam. Ms. Thando Dlamini, Social Worker from Abalindi Old Age Home gave a talk on the rights of senior citizens,
Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Hospital embark on a Child Protection Event
Ms N. Zama giving a talk during the awareness Ms N. Zama & Ms S. Dlamini giving during the
Child Protection Event
Mothers listening attentively to speeches Ms S. Dlamini giving a talk during the awareness
T he Social Work De-partment commemo-
rated National Child Protection Week during 27/05/2014 to 2 June 2014.
The main aim of this campaign was to raise awareness on vio-lence against children because child protection is everyone’s responsibility.
This week is commemorated in South Africa annually to raise awareness of the rights of chil-dren as articulated in the chil-dren’s Act of 2005. Protecting children from violence, exploita-tion and abuse in not only a ba-sic human value, but also an
obligation clearly set out in article 28 of the South African Constitu-
tion.
The target group was the Paedi-atric departments (P.O.P.D, Philakahle Clinic and Ward 8).
The programme entailed educa-tional talks. The Student Social Workers, Ntombifuthi Zama and Samkelisiwe Dlamini conducted talks in these departments.
The talks were very informative, educational and beneficial to the children as well as their care-
givers.
The care- givers were very inter-active and provided positive feedback.
The children enjoyed the treats that were given to them that was sponsored by the students.
Heritage Day at Mahatma Gandhi Memorial Hospital
Staff members enjoying variety of traditional food
Capitol staff showcasing steam bread during the day
Staff members wearing traditional attires
M ahatma Gandhi Memorial Hospital staff celebrated Heritage Day on of September 2014 as part of the Heri-
tage Month.
The staff celebrated this day by wearing tradi-tional attire which depicted their different cultural backgrounds and values
The staff feasted themselves with lots of various traditional foods.
The staff was impressed to be remembered of their cultural roots and values and they were in-spired to embrace and be proud of them.
Staff members enjoying Indian traditional food
Ms Z. Mbili & Mrs T. Mdletshe
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