Quinton Roeloff, a representative from a medical company, third from left, donated a device to the Tygerberg Hospital’s neonatal ward that will help staff measure bilirubin levels in newborns. He is seen here with hospital staff and Tygerberg Hospital Children’s Trust representatives, from left, Jo Baker, Jason Falken, Quinton Roeloff, Reinette Roziers, Francilene Baartman, Dr Matodzi Mukosi, Dr Gugu Kali and Proefessor Regan Solomons.
Tygerberg Hospital Children’s Trust’s week-long World Preemie Festival has helped to raise more than R2.3 million worth of donations, say the organisers.
The festival was held, from Saturday November 12 to Friday November 18, to raise money for premature babies at Tygerberg Hospital.
World Prematurity Day was on Thursday November 17.
There are more than 100 premature babies at Tygerberg Hospital, and the trust is on drive to raise R15 million for the hospital’s neonatal ICU and programmes supporting premature babies.
According to the trust, Quinton Roeloffze, a representative from a medical company visited the neonatal ward last Thursday and donated a device used to measure levels of bilirubin in the newborn.
The visit to the preemie ward was part of the festival and was an important way to raise awareness about premature birth, the leading cause of death of children under 5, said Jason Falken, the trust’s CEO, during the visit to the ward
“This year THCT (Tygerberg Hospital Children’s Trust) received donations, medical equipment and pledges to the value of R2.3 million so far, and we are confident that this figure will go higher by the end of 2022,” he said.
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