Corporate Social Investment
"A well thought through, comprehensive, innovative and creative CSI programme can become a competitive differentiator for a company. A good CSI programme is no longer a nice-to-have, but rather a critical component of business success." ~https://nextgeneration.co.za/
Private Sector Doctors Offering Free Life-Changing Surgeries to State Patients in Dire Need
In 2016 a group of registered surgeons in the private sector decided to launch a Mandela day initiative to honour the legacy of former president Nelson Mandela by operating on patients desperately awaiting surgery. The hope was that this small gesture would change the lives of a few people who primarily depend on the heavily burdened South African state hospitals for relief of pain and disability.
Since 2016, this initial one-week charity drive has expanded into a full-blown Non-Profit Company. In the past 7 years, more than 750 underprivileged patients have been given the opportunity to experience a new, fully functioning life by receiving life-changing surgery. By doing this, we empower them to be absorbed back into the working market as contributors to our countryās economy.
The procedures we perform are from various disciplines and include, but are not limited to, ophthalmology, orthopaedics, arthroplasty, general surgery, urology, gynaecology, ENT and plastic surgery for skin cancer excisions.
When the Covid-19 pandemic hit South Africa, OHH - like so many institutions worldwide - had to adapt. Our funds were minimal, but the needs of our community remained great. Out of this need, our primary care projects were born.
Since 2020, 421 women were assisted with pap smears, contraceptives, and cancer treatment through our Women's Health Clinics while 180 patients were screened, and 122 pairs of glasses dispensed during our Eyecare Clinics.
"I have the highest admiration for the initiative of the group of young professionals who have founded Operation Healing Hands. All of them are experts in their own fields of medicine, and they are devoting their time and expertise to help fellow South Africans in dire need. In a situation where public services are stretched to the limits, the efforts of these professionals to treat patients at no cost are remarkable. They are indeed rising to the challenge of Nelson Mandela to put reconciliation and nation-building into practice." ~ Professor Piet Meiring Emeritus Professor of Theology, University of Pretoria & Member of the South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission
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BOARD OF DIRECTORS
STATISTICS
PROJECT GROWTH
INCLUDING PRIMARY CARE (NUMBER OF PATIENTS PER YEAR)
2016
22
2017
30
2018
114
2019
176
2020
279
2021
389
2022
340
2023
335
2024
169
All time (2016-2024)
LIVE COUNTER
Surgeries performed
1069
Patients helped (Primary Care included)
1854
SHARE OF SPEND (since inception)
Urology
General Surgery
Spinal
Plastics
ENT
Orthopaedics
Ophthalmology
Maxillio Facial
Gynaecology
Cardiothoracic
Neuro-Surgery
Prosthetics
Arthroplasty
Dental
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