The KwaZulu-Natal health department's recent appeal for retired nurses to return to work to help alleviate staff shortages was condemned as unsustainable and 'an abuse of the elderly' by delegates at a recent provincial health forum.
The harsh realities of HIV and AIDS are a daily experience for 400 children under the care of the Tapologo AIDS Hospice, in Rustenburg, near Phokeng village, in the North West. And if there's a chance to make them forget about their pain-stricken lives, even for only one day, it's more than welcome.
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