'Creating safe spaces'

NEW STATE-OF-THE-ART FACILITY

- NAMHLA MONAKALI

Mayor of Cape Town Geordin Hill-Lewis, Chief of Operations WC Department of Health and Wellness Dr Saadiq Kariem, CEO of the Children's Hospital Trust Chantel Cooper, chair of the Children's Hospital Trust Llewellyn Smith, chair of Maitland Cottage Children's Orthopaedic Hospital Ian Scott, Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital CEO Dr Anita Parbhoo.

The Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital (RCWMCH) has marked a major milestone in paediatric healthcare with the opening of a new orthopaedic unit.

Funded entirely through donor contributions and spearheaded by the Children's Hospital Trust, the state-of-the-art facility brings together all inpatient and outpatient orthopaedic services under one roof.

It features a 30-bed ward, two specialist operating theatres, two procedure rooms, outpatient consultation spaces, a central nurses' station, and a physiotherapy gym with an outdoor therapeutic play area.