In collaboration with disaster relief organisation, Gift of the Givers, surgical teams have over this weekend performed 72 of these procedures at the Northern Cape s only tertiary academic hospital.
Gauteng Health MEC Nomathemba Mokgethi revealed in her written reply to the DA in the legislature that Bara Hospital s surgery waiting list has increased to 11,194 from last year s 7,288.
The NGO has challenged South Africans and businesses to match its R5 million donation to the Surgical Recovery Project - in order to ensure these operations can happen and patients well being can be restored.