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The WSPCCA is the largest philanthropic paediatric cardiac
centre on the continent of Africa and offers life-saving cardiac
intervention to indigent patients in Africa who would otherwise
not have access to treatment. This 16-bedded paediatric cardiac
intensive care unit, based at Netcare Sunninghill Hospital in
Johannesburg, is one of the largest in the world and the largest
in Africa.
1 in every 100 children born, worldwide, suffers from congenital
cardiac defects – 95% of which can be corrected or at least well
paliated. However, access to treatment is costly and without a
medial aid/medical insurance it is unaffordable. Only 20% of
South Africans have access to medical aids, and this figure
drops dramatically to 1% in Africa as a whole. Sadly, without
treatment these children die.
Madiba said in his address at the opening of the WSPCCA: “The
Walter Sisulu Paediatric Cardiac Centre for Africa is an
initiative that deserves the support of all of us - private and
corporate. The centre needs financial as well as moral support.
I trust that the private sector shall respond as generously in
support of this centre as I have always found them to do when I
called upon them for support.”
As you are aware, the Walter Sisulu Paediatric Cardiac Centre
for Africa, is the largest philanthropic cardiac unit on the
continent of Africa.
We are committed to ensuring that every one of the children
born with congenital heart defects gets a chance to live a
normal life - for that is the gift of paediatric cardiac
intervention. But these procedures cost hundreds of thousands of
rands - way out of many of our reach.
But, thanks to the generosity of a
host of individuals and organisations, we now have our own means
of helping raise those funds. Please SMS HEART to 38208 to
donate R10-00 to help save a life.
Your generosity will not go unnoticed and you could help save
a life.
On behalf of our CEO, Mrs Lynda Bleazard, the parents and -
of course - the children, thank you in anticipation of your
donation. Please can you also pass this invaluable message on to
as many of your contacts as your can. Every R10-00 helps save a
life.
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When we established the WSPCCA, we expressed
the intention of making it a national
operation to service South Africa and the
continent of Africa as a whole. 2009 saw the
footprint of the WSPCCA expand to Cape
Town’s Netcare Christiaan Barnard Memorial
Hospital. The children from the Easter Cape
region will be referred by Dr Felicity
Goosen to Dr’s John Lawrenson and Harold
Privut. Their selected cases will be
transported to Netcare Christian Barnard and
on by Dr Susan Vosloo. We welcome our
extended team members and hospital manger
Mr. Chris Tilney and his staff and thank
them for embracing the vision of the WSPCCA
and assisting us to meet our objectives. And
bring hope to our indigent cardiac children
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