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Issue two

Inside the Issue: 1. MMC Campaign Underway 2. Operation Siyazenzela Campaign 3. Breastfeeding Baby Competition 4. Mandela’s 67 minutes 5. Heritage Day 6. PRO 7. New Acqiusitions 8. Sports

A HEALTHY LIFESTYLE, WORKPLACE IMPROVES PRODUCTIVITY AND SOCIAL COHESION

July 2011- September 2011

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MMC (Medical Male Circumcision) Campaign underway The Hospital took an initiative in the promotion of healthy lifestyle and reduction of sexu-ally transmitted diseases. Our professionals played an important role in carrying out these procedures as they worked for the MMC campaign. The campaign that took place also pro-moted the counselling of HIV and AIDS as well as other sexually transmitted diseases. On the 08 July 2011 Niemeyer staff also organised a MMC campaign for the reduction or pre-vention of HIV related diseases. Umfolozi camp was co-ordinated by Dr Mayise, Dr Nkosi, Dr Mnguni and HCT and MMC teams. Some of the boys were not from Emadlangeni and none from Wit Umfolozi. On the camp: 33 boys were operated and all had HCT done.

A nother MMC campaign was organised on the 01 October 2011 in Niemeyer Hospital . The camp was co-ordinated by Dr Nkosi as well as MMC/HCT team members. All the boys who

took part were above 12 years and consent forms were signed. All the 76 boys had MMC done . The proce-dures started at 08h30 by SACTWU NGO two doctors and their staff members(6). Mrs Khumalo assistant of District Manager from district office and Mrs Mahlinza from district office HIV and AIDS co-ordinator also present. The kitchen provided everyone with prepared meal and juice. All the boys in the post procedure were taken back to their respective areas and no side effects were reported and all boys were given their TTO pre-pared by S.r SPP Shabalala. After the MMC campaign was done, the clients had some refreshments and they applauded the kitchen department for their splendid work. This success or participation of the clients in the MMC campaign also reflect that the clients share the common goal of fighting diseases, fighting poverty and giving hope.

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OPERATION S IYAZENZELA

O peration Siyazenzela was a campaign whereby the staff members took a co-operative initiative and invited the stake holders, members of the public and the board members for the project. The project entails the cleaning of the hospital by all staff members from management to general workers. The vibe on the day enhanced the staff working relations or team building as they combined to achieve

one particular goal of a clean environment. The cleaning that took place that day was just a beginning of new things as the vision of the hospital is to become the hospital of choice. As we serve the public we wish to see our clients feeling at home as they are welcomed by the cleanliness when they enter our premises, of which it will create the emotional effect of health and safety. This movement Operation Siyazenzela is another form of giving hope to our clients as they will be assisted in a clean environment as cleanliness is next to godliness. On the day, the wards and grounds were taken care of by the staff and the public as the hospital is theirs. This rela-tionship between the hospital staff and the public was another form of building and strengthening relations between the hospital staff and the general public.

Mrs Zulu-Chief Human Re-source Officer Mama Ndebele board member

Dr Mayise– Medical Manager

Niemeyer Memorial Hospital members demonstrating their cleaning areas

Left:Mr Zigode– Finance Man-ager Right: Mr Mhlanga– Hospi-tal CEO

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The Waterval inmates working in the grounds.

Miss T Ntombela– Radiographer– Cleaning the wards Celebrations after the successful day of the event

Mr N Mbatha—FIO Dances to the beat as everybody is happy The DJ Stanzza playing music at the end of the hard

day

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Breastfeeding baby Competition

The Breast feeding baby competitions objective was to promote breastfeeding to mothers that are already breastfeeding and who will be breastfeeding in future. It was also to promote clinic attendance for growth monitoring and promotion from entry level. It was also to show appreciation to all the mothers. The competi-tion was also educative as well as informative with regards to breastfeeding. The clients that attended the baby competition were educated on advantages of breastfeeding. On the day different prices were won and certifi-cates were awarded to the winning children / mothers.

Performance by Mango Groove Mothers that participated in the competition

Dietician: Ms Z Dube Opening with the purpose of the day

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Position and attachment-Correct position The baby’s whole body should face the mother and be close. The baby’s face should be close to the breasts with the tip of nose opposite the nipple. Baby’s chin should touch the breast and the baby’s bottom should be supported not resting on her lap. The signs of good attachment the mouth will be wide open. The chin will be touching the breasts and the lower lip will be seen curved.

A play demonstrating the correct positioning

Winners of the Baby Competition

Hospital Choir: Performing breastfeeding songs

Celebrations

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Mandela’s 67 minutes

A s hospital staff we took part in the Mandela 67 minutes of which was co-ordinated by the social workers, Sr Msane, maintanance, Mr Jiyane, PRO, and the community members . The initiative was to prepare a garden for the 67 minutes project, the food that will be produced will received by the needy. Sibusisiwe isandla esiphayo kunesamkelayo; this project is another form of giving back

to the community. The project took less than 67 minutes as the co-relation between the staff was at high value. The excitement between the staff that was involved in this project showed ubuntu that the staff consist of as they work whole heartedly. The exchanging of garden tools as work took place one could imagine if this was their daily jobs.

E verybody that participated took turns as they were working together in making the garden to look neat. As Dr Nelson Mandela always worked for the community this event also reflect the good we grasped from him. This 67 minutes of making the garden was a sign of showing appreciation on our daily jobs and took time to be involved. Plants are a sign of hope and development so the garden as

it is shows that we want to see development within our poverty stricken community. On the other hand we require the community to reflect on this and be able to do it for themselves as they are the ones responsible for their growth and development or destinies. Working together with community members helps also to really inter-act with them directly so as to be able to identify their daily struggles and complaints they forward to our departments.

Staff that participated in the garden project Sr Msane

Community Members Mr Sibiya and Mr Magubane

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Heritage Day– 23 September 2011 As it is an obvious fact that South Africa is a country of diverse cultures, from every indi-vidual to institutions people celebrated the month of these diverse cultures in the country. Niemeyer Memorial Hospital also took part in celebrating its diverse cultures. The hospital heritage day committee co-ordinated the event whereby every member of the staff was wel-come to showcase their cultures through traditional attires. The event also involved tradi-tional performances as well as traditional food. Members of the community were invited in-cluding the traditional leaders and local political leaders. Media people were also part of this event to report on the happenings of the day. The cultures that can be mentioned are Zulu, Sotho, Swati, Coloureds and Afrikaners.

Ms M Khoza– Programme Director

Ingoma– by local group from Ekhayalethu Village

Sotho Performances– Mr M Sbiya and Ms S Mbangeni

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Chancellor Municipal Mayor: Mr Zikhali Hospital CEO: Mr ZR Mhlanga

Hospital Staff members in traditional gear

Inkosi Khumalo in action Mr. S Thwala, Mr. NR Mtshali, Mr. M Sbiya, Mr. DI Sikhosana

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PRO Nkosenhle Nkosi

I t is with great pleasure to fi-nally view the success of the second publication of the Niemail newsletter. The ap-

preciation and gratitude must be granted to the Niemeyer Memorial Hospital staff for the co-ordination of various successful events. Team spirit, co-operation and respect within the institution elevates the

common objective of fighting diseases, fighting poverty and giving hope. Niemeyer Memo-rial hospital will also like to appreciate our stakeholders and Waterval Correctional services for the co-operation they rendered during Operation Siyazenzela. The community at large played a huge role in developing relations and working together with the hospital. The com-munity showed great enthusiasm in wanting to be part of the hospital as they participated fully. The MMC campaign group also worked extremely well in order to achieve the cir-cumcision. The social workers also worked very well to give back to the community as they worked whole heartedly by donating clothes to the needy. Also the Census year is under way we working together as the Hospital with the Department of Statistics South Africa. I would also like to welcome the new staff as they will be part of the Niemeyer movement as we shall continue working together.

New Acquisitions

Sthembiso Michael Mtshali: New Human Resource Manager

At Niemeyer Memorial Hospital we welcome Mr Mtshali as a new Human Resource Man-ager. Mr Mtshali is not new in the field ,as he started his managerial experience at Ceza Hospital. Mr Mtshali did his primary education in Auniville primary School and then went on to complete his high school at Impala High School. He also contain a huge interest in soccer in that regard, he is at the right place because we are targeting him to be our next coach. He started his career at Ceza Hospital in 1988 as a staff officer. He then enrolled in Mangosuthu Technikon in 1996, he then obtained his health Services Ad-ministration Diploma in 2000. He became a Human Resource Manager in 2003. He then moved to Nie-meyer Memorial Hospital to continue his good work and he hinted to the CEO that he wants to re-tire here at Niemeyer.

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Mr S Mkhaliphi- Lay Counsellor I am very happy to be at Niemeyer Memorial hospital, they welcomed me here with utmost respect as they showed professionalism. I en-joy being here as I also come from the same community, I know most of the people here of which make it easier to work

Ms. N Sibisi—Lay Counsellor Niemeyer Memorial Hospital is a nice place to work at and peo-ple here are very friendly and welcoming so I think I will enjoy my stay here.

Sr P.J Nkwanyana—Enrolled Nurse I am thankful to be part of Niemeyer Me-morial Hospital team. Working here has exposed me to people that are professional and friendly. Hope to work thoroughly and harmoniously.

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Sports

Niemeyer Memorial Hospital soccer is very much involved in soccer as they travelled to Dundee for the friendly game. The acceptance of Dundee staff was very good as they have been longing to play against Niemeyer Memorial Hospital. The game went on of which Nie-meyer scored first, and doubled the lead before half time. In the second half Dundee scored two goals, Niemeyer increased the lead and the final score was 5-2 Niemeyer in favour of the visitors as they showed great character and stamina. Niemeyer soccer team is involved in a District League competition of which they have played many games without a loss. The game Niemeyer played against Utrecht Municipality was 2-0 to Niemeyer. Niemeyer played against Osizweni SAPS the game 2-0 to Niemeyer memorial Hospital

Back Row: DI Sikhosana, N Mtshali, S Khumalo S Mkhaliphi, V Ntuli Front Row: Shabangu, N Nkosi, S Zulu, M Nkosi, S Khosana, T Thwala

The boys having a team talk during half time