News and Speeches for Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital
Surgery Head at Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital Retires
31 January 2013Renowned surgeon Professor Alastair Millar retires after decades of service. Read More
Red Cross Children's Hospital Honours Long-Serving Employees
4 October 2012Professor John Hewitson has performed thousands of surgeries in his 30 years' service at the Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital and Groote Schuur Hospital. Read More
Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital Honours Long-Serving Employees
27 September 2012At the annual long service award ceremony at Red Cross War Memorial Children’s Hospital this morning, Western Cape Minister of Health, Theuns Botha, honoured 27 health care workers who have been in the employ of Western Cape Government Health and 8... Read More
Children's Hospital Opens Upgraded Medical Ward
18 June 2012The B1 Medical Ward at Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital has received a much needed R13.6 million upgrade and will be officially opened on Tuesday, 19 June. Read More
Paediatric Liver Transplant Changes a Life
28 February 2012Francois Van Niekerk from Vanderbijlpark in Gauteng has become one of the more than 100 children to undergo a liver transplant at Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital since 1991. Read More
Boy Graduates from Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital's Breathe Easy Programme
31 January 2012Hamza Ahmed of Athlone's long history with Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital's Breathe Easy Home Care Ventilation Programme has finally come to a happy end. The ten-year-old has been in and out of doctor's offices since he was two years old... Read More
Boy Gets Gift Of Normal Breathing For Christmas
17 December 2011Years of difficulty have finally come to an end for a family from Plettenberg Bay - and just in time for Christmas. Read More
Dental Surgery Waiting List Reduced by 75%
20 November 2011A simple strategy has helped patients at Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital to get lifesaving treatment sooner. Read More
Specialised Surgery Performed at Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital for the First Time
13 November 2011Tinika Davies of Delft has a hereditary deformity of the chest which puts a lot of pressure on her lungs and heart. Read More
Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital Celebrates Day of Remembrance
10 November 2011On 11 November 2011, a Day of Remembrance was held to honour the World War II servicemen and veterans who initiated the fundraising and building of the Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital in the early 1950's. Read More
Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital Reaches 200 Kidney Transplant Milestone
19 October 2011Dylan Muller, 14, was the recipient of the 200th donor kidney to be transplanted at Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital. Read More
Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital Introduces Saturday Surgery Initiative
19 October 2011The Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital and the Children's Hospital Trust have partnered with Medi-Clinic Southern Africa to fund the first ever "Saturday Surgeries" initiative at the hospital to alleviate extensive waiting lists for life-... Read More
Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital Opens Upgraded Burns Unit
14 September 2011Paediatric burns treatment has been given a boost thanks to a R13 million ward upgrade at Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital. The ward is the only specialised paediatric burns unit in Africa. The modernised unit was officially opened on 15... Read More
Partnership Adds Smiles to Children's Lives
21 July 2011Baby Amber (six months) was born with a cleft lip and palate. Without help, she faces a life of loneliness and broken smiles. Read More
Red Cross Hospital Honours Long-Serving Employees
13 July 2011Jeffrey Isaacs spent the largest part of his working life at Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital. The 65-year-old of Mitchell's Plain started working at the hospital as a labourer in 1971. He retired in February 2011 after 40 years of... Read More
Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital Opens Surgical Skills Training Centre
21 June 2011The new Surgical Skills Training Centre at the Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital, which was officially opened on Wednesday, 22 June 2011, is the first of its kind in Sub-Saharan Africa to offer training in paediatric endoscopic surgery. Read More
Red Cross Children's Hospital: Message of Thanks
6 June 2011This message was posted on the Children's Hospital Trust's Facebook fan page by a grateful parent of a patient at Red Cross War Memorial Children's Read More
Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital thanks its Easter donors
20 April 2011Patients at Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital did not miss out on Easter festivities this April. Thanks to dozens of donations of chocolates every child at the hospital was treated to Easter goodies. Read More
Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital Promotes Safer Candle Use during Earth Hour
24 March 2011The entrance to Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital was completely candle lit for Earth Hour - between 20:30 and 21:30 - on Saturday, 26 March. Read More
Smile-Giving Surgery Comes to Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital
22 March 2011Almaze* can smile again thanks to the facial reanimation surgery she underwent at Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital.Almaze, six, had partial paralysis on the right side of her face. Read More
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