Thandi cannot help but tear up as she watches her little baby girl sleeping peacefully. “My baby has suffered so much,” she whispers to herself, her heart heavy with guilt. During her pregnancy, Thandi had developed an irrational fear of breastfeeding. The thought of putting her baby to the breast m [...]
Zaahida Shaboodien, a physiotherapist at Red Cross War Memorial Children’s Hospital, explains how cerebral palsy can affect a child’s movement and development—and why recognising possible signs early is so important. Cerebral palsy is a group of lifelong conditions that affect movement, posture, bal [...]
It all started with a little yellow duck. Not an ordinary duck, mind you. This one wore sunglasses. Beside it sat a pirate duck with an eye patch, a graceful ballerina, a rugby player, a unicorn, a superhero, a mermaid, and even a duck dressed as a granny. Customers would wander into The Crazy Store [...]
A simple box of mandarins can help make a life-saving difference. Through its longstanding partnership with the Children’s Hospital Trust, Pick n Pay’s annual mandarin campaign turned blue once again this June. The campaign aimed to help raise funds for a R7.8 million neurosurgical microscope for th [...]
When Delmarie walks through the doors of the Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital, she isn't simply visiting a place. She is returning to a hospital that has been part of her life for almost as long as she can remember. Her story began in 1967, when she was just nine months old. "I pulled a bu [...]
When the Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital first opened its doors in 1956, one of its very first patients was a six-day-old baby named Peter Fisher. Born in Cape Town on 20 February 1956, Peter was diagnosed at birth with spina bifida, a congenital condition affecting the spine. At just six [...]
"All the world is made of faith, and trust, and pixie dust." — J.M. Barrie, Peter Pan Every day, thousands of children and families walk through the gates of the Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital. As they enter, many pause beside the bronze statue of Peter Pan standing quietly among the tre [...]
My name is Vaunn Kelly, and this is the story of my identical twin brother, Jaydon William Kelly, the boy who was born fighting, the man who lived fully, and the teacher who touched thousands of young lives. Even though we shared the same birthday, and the same unbreakable bond, our paths diverged e [...]
Cadi stared at the wall in disbelief. Every few months, her grandfather measured her and her sister to see how they had grown. When he was satisfied that the measurements were perfect, he would draw a line on the wall above each girl’s head and write the date beside each mark. For several months, he [...]
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