MONTAGU \u2013 Sy was eers baie ge\u00efnteresseerd in opvoedkunde en wou haar graag as \u2019n onderwyser bekwaam, vertel Gwendelee du Toit, wat onlangs n\u00e1 35 jaar diens die tuig van verpleegdiens-bestuurder (matrone) by die Montagu- provinsiale hospitaal neergel\u00ea het.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Du Toit, wat deur die meeste mense sommer as \u201cMatrone\u201d aangespreek is, het in 1985 aan die Langeberg Senior Sekond\u00eare Skool in Robertson matrikuleer en wou baie graag eers onderwys gaan studeer, maar die geld was maar skraps, s\u00ea sy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Sy het \u2019n aansoek aan \u2019n verpleegsentrum gerig, maar nie op haar louere gerus terwyl sy op \u2019n antwoord gewag het nie en eers by die Langeberg-inmaakfabriek in Ashton as \u2019n seisoenwerker ingeval en daarna by die Spar in Montagu gewerk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Nadat sy lank geen terugvoer oor haar aansoek gekry het nie, het \u2019n vasberade Du Toit besluit om persoonlik te gaan navraag doen. Sy is in Junie 1987, tydens haar verlof, na die Tygerberg-hospitaal toe om te gaan uitvind wat die uitslag van haar aansoek was. Net \u2019n maand later \u2013 in Julie \u2013 het sy die goeie nuus ontvang dat haar aansoek goedgekeur is en sy het as verpleegkundige by Tygerberg begin werk. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Sy het haar opleiding in 1989 voltooi en dadelik vir die verpleegsusterkursus ingeskryf, wat sy in 1991 suksesvol voltooi het. Hierna het sy ook met kraamopleiding by die Grootte Schuur-hospitaal begin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Du Toit het haar diploma as geregistreerde vroedvrou in 1994 verwerf en by Mitchellsplein se kraameenheid gewerk. Voorts het sy haar vir die gemeenskapskursus in administrasie by die Universiteit van die Wes-Kaap ingeskryf. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
As deel van di\u00e9 kursus moes sy 18 maande ononderbroke nagdiens verrig. Hierdie kursus het sy n\u00e1 \u2019n jaar en ses maande van uitmergelende nagskofte op 25 Junie 1999 suksesvol voltooi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cDie geld wat ek verdien het, was nog baie min, so gedurende universiteitsvakansies moes ek toe ook nog in private hospitale werk om my studies te betaal.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Sy het by die Montagu- hospitaal as kraamsaalsuster begin werk, waarna sy in 2000 die verpleegbestuurder by die Robertson-hospitaal geword het. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Drie maande later het die verpleegbestuurderspos in Montagu ook vakant geraak en sy moes toe tussen Robertson en Montagu kies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Vanselfsprekend het sy Montagu gekies, en in 2001 is sy permanent as verpleegbestuurder (matrone) van die Montagu-hospitaal aangestel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Du Toit het in 2003 \u2019n provinsiale prys vir uitstaande diens gedurende die vloedramp van daardie jaar ontvang.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cDie hospitaal was verskriklik besig daardie tyd. Ek het vyf dae en nagte aaneenlopend by die hospitaal deurgebring. Ek het soms kort rukkies in die verpleegsterstehuis, wat op die hospitaalterrein gele\u00eb is, gaan slaap net om \u2019n bietjie te rus in te kry,\u201d vertel sy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Di\u00e9 formidabele vrou is ook maar net \u2019n mens. Werksdruk het mettertyd sy tol begin eis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Du Toit s\u00ea haar ho\u00eb werkslading het later \u2019n nadelige uitwerking op haar gesondheid gehad. Sy glo ook die koms van die Covid-19-pandemie het \u2019n rol in die agteruitgang van haar gesondheid gespeel. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Daarby het sy ook van tyd tot tyd personeel en kollegas aan die dood afgestaan,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Sy was dus vir \u2019n lang tydperk tot 10 Oktober 2022 met siekteverlof en het uiteindelik ter wille van haar gesondheid besluit om haar beroep vaarwel toe te roep. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
So, hoe gaan sy haar tyd nou, n\u00e1 haar uittrede, verwyl?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cDie gemeenskap l\u00ea my baie na aan die hart,\u201d begin Du Toit. \u201cEk wil baie graag as motiveringspreker optree en veral leerders by ho\u00ebr- en laerskole in die Langebergstreek toespreek oor die belangrikheid van loopbaanbeplanning en studiebeurse. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cDikwels weet die kinders nie eens watter vakke hulle benodig om byvoorbeeld verpleging hul beroep te maak nie.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Verder dink sy ook daaraan om \u2019n oornagplek vir verkragtingslagoffers te open en te bestuur, sluit \u2019n baie entoesiastiese Du Toit af.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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