{"id":48684,"date":"2023-08-18T06:01:54","date_gmt":"2023-08-18T04:01:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/worcesterstandard\/gesondheidspersoneel-20230816-2\/"},"modified":"2023-08-18T06:01:54","modified_gmt":"2023-08-18T04:01:54","slug":"gesondheidspersoneel-20230816-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/worcesterstandard\/gesondheidspersoneel-20230816-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Gesondheidspersoneel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Die weeklikse uitreik van gesondheidswerkers aan die gemeenskap van Nduli by Ceres het onlangs selfs meer dienste hierheen gebring \u2013 di\u00e9 keer aan senior burgers.<\/p>\n<p>Inwoners is lankal bekend met die Wes-Kaapse Departe\u00adment van Gesondheid en Welstand se uitreike aan die Vredebes-omgewing deur sr. Elzanne Dampies om ma\u2019s en jonger kinders te help met dienste soos immunisering. Sy werk nou saam met kollegas soos dr. 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Hulle het \u2019n gemeenskapsaal in \u2019n oogwink in \u2019n dienspunt omgeskep. <\/p>\n<p>Senior burgers is met die hulp van Badisa na die saal gebring, en danksy die ondersteuning van Ceres se sakekamer kon pasi\u00ebnte tee en koffie geniet terwyl hulle tussen die stasies beweeg het. <\/p>\n<p>Bykans 40 senior burgers is die dag gehelp. N\u00e1 waarnemings en siftings is drie mense verwys vir ondersteuning met voeding, twee mense van wie katarakte verwyder moet word, is ge\u00efdentifiseer, en een is vir verdere evaluering wat gehoor betref, verwys.<\/p>\n<p>Twaalf pasi\u00ebnte het afsprake by die Nduli-kliniek gekry. <\/p>\n<p>Buiten pasi\u00ebnte wat reeds met personeel bekend was en elke twee maande hul kroniese medikasie by die mobiele kliniek afgehaal het, sal \u2019n verdere vyf nou ook hul kroniese medikasie by die mobiele kliniek kry.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDit was vir my \u2019n besonder lekker ervaring,\u201d s\u00ea Elizabeth Carolis (79).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBaie van ons kan nie na die kliniek toe loop nie.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Sy was baie bly dat die finalejaar- mediese student Anje de Klerk seker gemaak het dat haar voete gesond is, want sy het voorheen probleme met haar bene en voete gehad.<\/p>\n<p>Twee buurvroue het mekaar ook by die saal raakgeloop. Die 73-jarige Sara Botes s\u00ea dit was lekker om by die saal gehelp te word. Sy het uitgesien daarna, want sy het asma, en omdat sy maklik kortasem word, loop sy net kort entjies op \u2019n keer. 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