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JOHANNESBURG City Mayor, Herman Mashaba’s goal in sight to throw away keys in each of the city’s clinics is gaining momentum. This after Ranburg Clinic joined five others in extending their hours of operations to 24 hours. This latest development means that Randburg Clinic will be operating seven days a week, including public holidays. Between 5 000 and 6 000 patients visit this clinic monthly, which has 10 nurses on call. Usually, one would wait around three hours to see a professional nurse. This number, according to area manager Shirley Maphosa would decrease by one to two hours since the extended hours have been implemented. “It’s good for the community, people can arrive after 4pm. These days it can be difficult to get off during the week,” she said and added that since the extended hours, the clinic has seen more trauma incidents after hours, especially stab wound victims. Clinics, being primary healthcare centres, provide medical assistance in most cases, even TB, mental health and HIV treatment. Emergency operations however would be referred to a state hospital. Doctors are available at clinics, but only on some days of the week. “Nurses are clinically trained to see to sick people, but they will be referred to a doctor if it is above their scope. It is necessary to have a doctor at a clinic all the time, but they have to attend to other clinics in the region,” said Maphosa. Throughout Johannesburg’s 82 clinics, not one
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Randburg Clinic will soon ‘throw away the keys’
has a full time doctor but you could still walk into a clinic and expect to receive a sick note and medicine from a professional nurse, at no cost. The process begins with the retrieval of your file, checking vital signs and finally waiting to be seen by a nurse. “Nurses could spend around 30 minutes with one patient because even when someone approaches us with a psychological problem, we cannot shoo them away. ”Situated next to the Randburg
taxi rank, the clinic is a hub of sorts. Operational manager, Mikateko Mokgobi said patients come from all over Johannesburg, even if there are clinics closer to them. With more and more people attending the Randburg clinic after its hours were extended, additional safety precautions have been taken and more staff employed. Both Mokgobi and Maphosa encourage residents to make use of extended hours, which they eagerly welcome.-www.citybuzz.co.za
BASA want Arts to be recognised via awards THE arts is an underfunded and underappreciated industry in South Africa, but Business and Arts South Africa (Basa) hopes to correct this injustice. Basa is an NPC that aims to develop the arts industry locally and internationally by encouraging valuable partnerships between businesses and art collectives, and this year celebrates the 20th annual Basa Awards. The Awards, in partnership with Hollard and Business Day, looks to acknowledge the companies which make significant contributions to the industry through shared work and partnerships.
The closing date for the entries for these awards is June 23, and the event this year will be held in September. Let’s take a look at the 11 award categories for 2017 and who took home the coveted titles in 2016. • Innovation Award • First Time Sponsor Award. • Increasing Access to the Arts Award • Beyond Borders Partnership Award • Long Term Partnership Award •Media Sponsorship Award Strategic Project Award Business Award
• Sponsorship In Kind Award • Development Award • Cultural Tourism Award, supported by Nedbank.www.citybuzz.co.za