Meet the Groote Schuur nurse who never took a sick day in 35 years
CAPE TOWN - Meet Sister Colleen Grehan, a nurse who has never taken a sick day in her 35-year career at Groote Schuur Hospital. The hospital wanted to pay homage to her service as she retires.
Nurse Grehan said that she retired last year for 10 hours. But the hospital had no one to replace her so she came in the next morning, signed new papers and was back. Nurse Grehan is a wound care specialist and one of the cases that stands out for her was a girl that was mauled by dogs. "Recently I went to treat a patient in the maternity ward and she had her leg amputated and she had some narrow scars and I asked her if she was diabetic and she said no. So I asked what happened to her leg and she said 'Sister you know..... the dogs' and that's when I realised it was her. Sixteen years later she was here having a baby."
Nurse Grehan said that she treats on average between 250-270 patients in a month. "Last year I did 3 097 patients in one year.”Nurse Grehan's story has had close to 300 reactions on Facebook and more than 50 comments.
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