Red Cross Children's Hospital: Key Achievements
Pro cura puerorum =for the care of the child
KEY ACHIEVEMENTS SINCE 1990
SERVICE DELIVERY
- 1990 - the first child heart transplant
- 1990 - the home based tracheostomy care programme
- 1991 - the first and only paediatric liver transplant programme
- 1997 - the first double transplant on a child (liver and kidney)
- 2000 - the coke bottle spacer for MDI ("asthma pumps")
- 2001 - the first autologous epithelial autograft on a burn patient
- 2001-2002 - management of non accidental injury in Baby Tsepang
- 2001 - separation of conjoined twins from Port Elizabeth
- 2002 - separation of conjoined twins from Tanzania
- 2002 - the first living related liver transplant
CAPITAL DEVELOPMENTS
These are jointly funded by PGWC and Children's Hospital Trust.
- 1998 - staff education center
- 1998 - ikaya larotary - accommodation for parents
- 1998 - pharmacy
- 2000 - new outpatient department
- 2001 - integrated ICU
- 2004 - trauma and emergency unit
CAPITAL EQUIPMENT
- 1998 - CAT scanner (R3.0 million)
- 2000 - Gamma Camera (R3.2 million)
- 2001 - Cardiac Catheterization laboratory (R8.5 million)
- 2002 - Video Telemetry for neurology
- 2004 - Digital X-Ray Equipment (R3.8million)
CONTENTS: Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital: Information Brochure
- Red Cross Children's Hospital: A National Asset and Continental Resource: History, Vision and Mission
- Red Cross Children's Hospital: Key Achievements
- Red Cross Children's Hospital: Management Team
- Red Cross Children's Hospital: The Children's Hospital Trust and Friends of the Children's Hospital
- Red Cross Children's Hospital: Key Challenges for the Next Five Years
The content on this page was last updated on 22 April 2005
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