The resignation of renowned breast cancer specialist surgeon Professor Carol-Ann Benn from Helen Joseph Hospital has fuelled concerns about the loss of expertise for the public health sector amid pressures on cancer services in Gauteng. Ufrieda Ho spoke...
According to Ncha, the system in place remains: new patients are seen on a Tuesday for diagnosis and are “booked within a week” for further treatment. She says there are currently between 400 and 550 outpatients and between 20 and 30 patients booked for surgery per month. There are no oncology specialists at Helen Joseph Hospital, since this care is referred to Charlotte Maxeke Hospital.According to Turner, over the years the foundation has helped turn the clinic into a hub of excellence.
“It’s going to be very, very hard for patients who expect to find the navigators there to hold their hand through everything. We built up a family of survivors. I am still waking up very early on Tuesdays and Thursdays because those were the days I knew I was getting up to serve our patients at Helen Joseph,” says Mamatela.
Being unwell she couldn’t keep her job and eventually came to Johannesburg to be with her mom. Thawe’s employer donated R10,000 towards her daughter’s treatment. Benn told them to come to her clinic day at Helen Joseph so the next steps of surgery could begin. She also advised plastic surgery at the same time as the removal of the cancerous lump would significantly reduce the size of Thandiwe’s left breast.
“Another doctor took Thandiwe off the surgery list and sent a junior doctor to us with the referral letter, without any explanation,” she says.
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