Picture: Paediatric Cardiologist, Dr Precious Msiza/Supplied
By OBAKENG MAJE
North West MEC for Health, Madoda Sambatha has congratulated the Job Shimankana Tabane (JST) Hospital in Rustenburg for the successful appointment of 17 specialists, which is in line with the hospital management’s strategy to strengthen its medical team across various specialties. Sambatha said the specialists will serve on anaesthesiology, dermatology, ear, nose and throat, internal medicine, orthopaedics, oncology, ophthalmology, paediatrics, psychiatry, surgery, urology and radiology units.
“These appointments include that of a paediatric cardiologist, Dr Precious Msiza. This makes JST the only public hospital in the North West to acquire paediatric cardiology services. A paediatric cardiologist, is a doctor who specialises in diagnosing and treating cardiac related conditions in children.
“Dr Msiza was part of a team of cardiac surgeons that made history in the North West on 27 June 2023, by conducting the very first Percutaneous Aseptal Heart Defect (ASD) repair at the hospital. So, we hail the appointments as a significant milestone in improving the quality of healthcare services and increasing the life expectancy for residents of Bojanala,” he said.
Sambatha further said, the acquisition of a paediatric cardiologist, will greatly benefit the province as historically, they had to send children to neighbouring provinces for cardiac interventions. He added that other critical milestones at the hospital include the establishment of two new departments specialising in an ear, nose and throat as well as dermatology services.
“These developments make JST the second public hospital in the province to offer dermatological services together with Klerksdorp/Tshepong Hospital Complex in Dr Kenneth Kaunda District. Both of these two new service offerings will reduce the number of referrals to other facilities,” said Sambatha.
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