82 patients and high winds!
We held a medical outreach on Saturday the 23rd August at the Primary school in Klaarstroom in the Great Karoo region of the Western Cape.
A group of volunteers consisting of Dr Anso Killian a Dispensing Doctor, nursing Susters, personnel of the Executive Mayor in Oudtshoorn’s office ... Read More
25
Aug2025
06
Aug2025
Keeping out of mischief!
With 2 surgeries pending, sick children around every corner and 2 major outreach events looming, we are definitely kept busy with no time for mischief.
Our upcoming events are a medical outreach to an isolated area called Klaarstroom with their nearest Government Doctor about 50km away and transport ... Read More
20
Jul2025
Read more: https://www.diehoorn.com/nuus/groot-nood-in-die-klein-karoo-vir-warm-komberse/
19
Jul2025
Thumb duplication surgery!!
We received a little boy with a double thumb of his left hand that was referred to us for assistance. The medical term for a baby born with a double thumb, or an extra thumb on one or both hands, is thumb duplication or pre-axial polydactyly. Polydactyly, in ... Read More
17
Jul2025
Blanket drive against freezing temperatures!
At Pediatric Care Africa we are appealing for blanket and bedding donations as many families have either too few or no blankets to protect them against the very cold winter temperatures, with more cold fronts predicted.
Areas in desperate need for blankets are as follows.
Oudtshoorn, Blomnek, Klaarstroom,Calitzdorp ... Read More
11
Jul2025
Cold weather health issues!
Due to the cold winter weather we are kept very busy with common winter illnesses in children include respiratory infections like colds, flu (influenza), and pneumonia, as well as gastrointestinal issues like rotavirus and norovirus infections, which can cause diarrhoea and vomiting. Additionally, ear infections are also ... Read More
19
Jun2025
A bit of information about us!
Since our inception in 2017:
2193 sick children were taken by us to private medical doctors and or specialists for examination and treatment.
7350 sick children and adults received free medical examinations and medical treatment from us during our medical outreach programs.
193 children received ... Read More
17
Jun2025
Seeking answers!
One of our patients this week was a 2 year old boy with a history of dissociative neurodevelopment.
A 24 hour EEG was done and completed on this little boy to exclude or confirm possible epileptic encephalopathy like Landau Kleffner, CSWES, and other infant and juvenile epilepsy syndromes that often ... Read More
09
May2025
Come and join us today from 10h in the Banquet hall at the Municipal building in Oudtshoorn!!
30
Apr2025
Donkeys Delivering Dreams; Done and Dusted!!
Why a buggy?
For some children born into a poor family and having Cerebral palsy or other serious physical disability is less than ideal.
In many instances children that can not walk or even sit upright, may be left lying on the floor or on a mattress ... Read More