Smart hospital on the cards
Friday, September 23, 2022 | 30 Views |
Barolong Mouwane addressing the media. PIC PHATSIMO KAPENG
The 12-bed day hospital would offer services like oncology, two theatre, dialysis, ophthalmology, physical rehabilitation, radiology, gynaecology, paediatrics, general practitioner services, pharmacy, visiting specialists to mention but a few.
Addressing the media on Wednesday, co-founder of Kalafhi, Barolong Mouwane said the facility will operate for 24 hours as a day hospital where they can admit patients when necessary and then discharge them on the same day. “Our hospital will be using the latest technology and artificial intelligence that can for example, diagnose patients’ diseases from the regular hospital visits. This would definitely help attend to disease at an earlier stage and curing them immediately like cancer signs,” he said.
It is not uncommon in this part of the world for parents to actually punish their children when they show signs of depression associating it with issues of indiscipline, and as a result, the poor child will be lashed or given some kind of punishment. We have had many suicide cases in the country and sadly some of the cases included children and young adults. We need to start looking into issues of mental health with the seriousness it...