Clinic celebrates nurses day
PARKTOWN - Nurses at Life Brenthurst Clinic in Parktown were honoured on International Nurses Day for their contribution to healthcare.
Nurses manager, Gertrude Phiri announced that two of the top 100 nurses in the country worked at the clinic.
Hospital manager Roy Schubach said, “On behalf of all of us I hope that one day when I am a patient I would have a kind of care I witness every day.”
At the function themed ‘from duty to privilege’, nurses also commemorated the anniversary of Florence Nightingales birth, the pioneer of the nursing profession.
They read out the vow of the nurses’ profession. Part of it read, “I will maintain by all means in my power the honour and noble traditions of my consideration; the total health of my patients will be my first consideration.”
They also signed the nurses pledge of honour.
Harold Neckan, the first baby to be born at the clinic 75 years ago, was present and nonagenarian Dr Dr Herbie Kramer, who used to practise at the clinic.
Kramer said, “I wish you all a wonderful International Nurses Day. I can tell you that I worked in many hospitals, but Brenthurst is the number one hospital.”
He said the first three black nurses were employed at the clinic in 1984. One of the nurses Alice Moloto was still working there.
