Mandela Day surgery drive gives renewed life to 350 Cape patients: Liam Dyason is one of the beneficiaries of the Mandela Day Surgeries Project, a public-private sector initiative by the Western Cape health department and health organisations to improve…
18 July 2023 - 10:11Liam Dyason, 65, of Ottery in Cape Town, finally had knee replacement surgery after many years of living with pain.After living with excruciating pain in his knee for more than 30 years following an injury in 1985, Liam Dyason, 65, of Ottery in Cape Town, had given up hope of getting knee replacement surgery. He had spent years on the public healthcare sector’s waiting list with no joy.“I worked at a tyre fitment centre and my job required me to kneel down all the time.
Mediclinic, Life Healthcare, the Joint Care Trust and the Radiance Foundation among its partners, has been revived, with more than 350 people set to receive life-changing surgeries in public and private hospitals in the Western Cape.
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