Nominations Open for 2019 Health Excellence Awards
Healthcare is the fastest growing sector of the South African economy, employing a lot of employees.
Healthcare workers face a wide range of hazards on the job, including needlestick injuries, back injuries, latex allergy, violence, threats, sleep deprivation, exposure to infectious diseases, dealing with difficult or seriously ill patients, dealing with dying patients and stress.
Although it is possible to prevent or reduce healthcare worker exposure to these hazards, healthcare workers continue to have to experience injuries and illnesses in the workplace.
The HEA (Health Excellence Awards) is a way of recognizing Healthcare workers and institutions and rewarding them of the good work they provide to patients/ community.
Other Health professionals go an extra mile to assist patients and these are the kind of people this we aim to recognize and reward.
This ceremony will also help health professionals to network and strengthen the multidisciplinary approach that they are supposed to follow in patient care.
This year the ceremony will be taking place on 15 November 2019 at the Emnotweni Arena and the theme for the Awards is “Caring for the care Giver”.
The nominations for the HEA has opened on the 1st of May 2019 and we would like to urge the public to vote for their Best Healthcare professionals! The categories for the HEA are as follows,
- Specialist
- General Practitioner
- Dentist
- Dietician
- Radiographer
- Optometrist
- Pharmacist
- Psychologist
- Nurse
- Speech therapist
- Physiotherapist
- Occupational therapist
- Audiologist
- Social worker
- Retired
- Long service
- Youngest Specialist
- Ideal clinic
- Ideal Hospital
To vote for your best healthcare professional please visit our website on www.healthexcellenceawards.co.za, Click on Nomination and then choose between individual and team nomination, Send an Email to info@daisylee.co.za or send us a WhatsApp on 079 888 0246.
The 2019 HEA nominations will close on 31 May 2019.
