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A R1,2-million ambulance with a special isolation chamber for patients with highly infectious diseases was bought at just the right time, the Tshwane metro emergency care metro says.y practitioners Jocelyn Johnson and Tshidiso Mhlanga. ‘‘ Photos: Ron Sibiya. xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx xxx xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxx Brave unit in fight against Covid-19 Sinesipho Schrieber onto the chassis. isolation chamber the medical “It has an isolation chamber practitioners can continue giving The procurement of a special equipped with a negative pressure treatment to them without easily R1.2-million ambulance, designed fi ltration system that fi ts on the being infected. to transport patients with highly stainless steel monobloc ambulance “Just like all other health workers infectious diseases, by the Tshwane stretcher. and other frontline workers, metro in August last year came at just “The negative pressure isolation paramedics work in an environment the right time. chamber allows the patient to be with an inherent risk of infection. The ambulance is equipped with a scanned in the chamber without “Our team of paramedics working special isolation chamber. exposing the radiology staff to on the special infectious unit It may not have been bought with infection such as Covid-19 and ambulance is trained and equipped Covid-19 in mind, but the metro without needing to decontaminate to handle medical emergencies believes that it has strengthened its the computerised tomography (CT) where suspected or known cases of response with the current wave of scanning suite.” infectious substances are involved,” Covid-19 cases hitting Tshwane. While the patient would be inside he said. “It is the fi rst of its kind in South the stretcher covered with transparent “The team adheres to strict Africa,” said Tshwane emergency materials, Mabaso said they could protocols and standard operating services spokesperson Charles breathe and receive medication. procedures aimed at protecting them Mabaso. “A 50-litre fridge is installed for from getting infected. The ambulance in question is refrigerated medications. “To date, no staff member working part of a special unit of bulletproof “Piped medical oxygen with two on the special infectious unit ambulances that sprang into action wall outlets, four power points, two ambulance has been infected with last year. ultraviolet antimicrobial lights and Covid-19.” Mabaso said it fulfi lled a key fi lters are installed. The ambulance is part of the requirement to deal with hazardous “It has the capability for critical Tshwane emergency services fl eet of incidents such as viral hemorrhagic care level of treatment,” he said. specialised vehicles launched on fever, extensively drug-resistant At a time when the safety of health 12 August last year. or multidrug-resistant tuberculosis workers during the pandemic is “We procured the vehicle as part and Covid-19 patient treatment and under the spotlight, the ambulance is of our vehicle replacement strategy transportation. a heaven-sent. which is aimed at providing world- “The box body of the ambulance is Mabaso said the equipment class emergency services. mounted separately from the cabin of isolated the patient from the crew “The need for such a vehicle was the vehicle. and helped to lessen chances of the identifi ed by our management team “It is constructed from aviation infection spreading. while studying various outbreaks, technology polyurethane and is a “It serves as a protective measure, like Ebola and tuberculosis long Tshwane metro emergency care practitioner Tshidiso Mhlanga. hermetically sealed unit mounted while the patient would be in the before the Covid-19 outbreak.” 2 PRETORIA MOOT REKORD JANUARY 29, 2021 NEWS www.rekordmoot.co.za Loadshedding is damaging ailing metro infrastructure Noxolo Sibiya “Unfortunately, when Eskom switches power off and on in the city it can The Tshwane metro spent close to signifi cantly harm and damage electricity R12.5-million on damages caused infrastructure due to the continued power to its various primary substations by surges,” he said. loadshedding in the year 2020. “For example, during loadshedding This was according to Tshwane mayor geysers cool down, then when Randall Williams, who said the metro power is restored all of these geysers suff ered a major blow to its infrastructure in a particular area will heat up due to electricity cuts by power utility, simultaneously. Eskom. “This causes an abnormal peak for Williams said loadshedding also caused a short period which can disrupt the prolonged power outages, which left municipal circuits.” many parts of the metro in the dark for Williams said this was nothing new Captain Anton Breedt. longer than expected. and the impact of loadshedding was often persistent for hours, leaving residents without any power and was constantly causing damage on infrastructure that was not designed for this type of activity. Moot cops to help gun Some residents have been experiencing outages since the start of the year. With stage 2 being implemented, Williams said the prolonged outages were persistent now because areas were being owners with amnesty turned on and off repeatedly during the day. Carli Koch the act will also be assisted with their “The result is that substations can trip, applications. old cable joints that can’t handle the load Police would like to remind the community “The community must please take note will explode,” he said that the deadline for the fi rearm amnesty that during these times and dates, only A Tshwane metro vehicle from the “Switches can fail along with various ends on 31 January 2021. owners handling fi rearms under the act electricity department. Photo: Sulet other issues that can plague our city With the fi rearm amnesty that was will be assisted and no new applications or Linde infrastructure.” announced by the minister of police on renewals will be accepted,” said Breedt. 1 August 2020 to 31 January 2021, time is “Doors will close at 20:00 due to the running out for those who qualify under the curfew,” he added. act to hand in unwanted fi rearms or those Moot police station commander Colonel whose licences have expired. Hlengeni Giben Mashaba urged fi rearm Break the silence Moot police station is off ering to help owners to make use of the opportunity the residents over this coming weekend. act is providing. Police spokesperson Captain Anton Breedt “We want to urge community members to said that the station will assist residents from assist police to rid our streets of unwanted ƑƏƆƋƐ÷ƇƆƐƕƈƈƌƍƏƐƐƐnd 08:00 to 20:00 on Saturday and Sunday for fi rearms, ammunition and parts thereof, We care about each of our patients and take every and all safety fi rearm owners who wish to make use of the that may cause death or harm to others,” precautions before and after each appointment. amnesty. 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[email protected] 33 530 012 335 3760 www.rekordmoot.co.za NEWS PRETORIA MOOT REKORD JANUARY 29, 2021 3 Covid worries as school reopening on track Sinesipho Schrieber work on catch-up plans so that early, to sort out school admissions when teachers return they can just that had to be extended due to an The return of Tshwane hit the ground running.” infl ux of learners that still needed management teams to schools The teams need to ensure that to be admitted at schools. went smoothly on Monday, despite all schools have enough personal “They must prepare a timetable a teacher union urging them not protective wear for both teachers for their schools as we are to report for duty amid Covid-19 and learners. continuing with rotational learning. second surge worries. “We lost several teachers They need to make sure they According to the education in December and January, to fi nalise admission for learners who department, the teams reported Covid-19. The management teams have applied and ensure that these for duty on the day to prepare must still determine how many learners are also provided with for schools’ reopening ahead of teachers have to be replaced.” PPE.” teachers and learners. Mhlanga said while the In addition to this, the teams “All managements were at the department had yet to receive the must make sure the general order schools and we are continuing to exact number of teachers who lost of their schools are still good and prepare for schools reopening,” their lives, about 32 teachers were whether there were any cases of said Department of Basic reported to have died in December vandalism. Education spokesperson Elijah alone. The teams also check whether Mhlanga. “We have a list of qualifi ed stationery is suffi cient and check Mhlanga said these teams were unemployed educators. So the whether all deliveries took place crucial in drawing up catch-up teams will go through those last year, so that when learners Photo for illustration purposes. Photo by Max Fischer from Pexels plans after having lost two weeks, lists and call people to come to return they do not have problems due to the surge in Covid-19 cases. work so that we can have those with shortages. experts ahead of schools fully let-up in both Covid-19 infection “We have already lost two weeks replacements when teachers go Meanwhile, the National reopening on 15 February. and mortality rates,” Natu general that we did not initially plan for,” back to work next week.” Teacher’s Union (Natu) claimed “Many of our teachers are secretary Cynthia Barnes explained he said. Mhlanga emphasised that it was the education department had worried about the risks re-opening the union’s call for management “Now management needs to important for the teams to reopen failed to consult with any health schools at a time when there is no teams to stay away. New mobile kiosks to help motorists renew licences in February Reitumetse Mahope that law-abiding citizens do not struggle holders were being sent text messages to alert to regularise the validity of their driver’s them, ahead of time, of the expiry of their The Gauteng Roads and Transport licences,” said MEC Jacob Mamabolo. licence cards. Department will be introducing mobile Mamabolo said he was concerned over “They are further provided with available centres next month to make it easier for the poor response by motorists who failed booking slots.” motorists to renew their driving licences. to pitch up for appointments to renew their This move comes as the department would The department, working in collaboration licences. be assisting cardholders by proactively giving with the Gautrain Management Agency, “In the fi rst two weeks of the new year, we slots to people whose licence card validity has would also be rolling out kiosks at various have availed 17 000 booking slots to cater been extended until the end of August 2021. Gautrain stations to help motorists whose to the 35 000 driver’s licence cards whose He also cautioned licence cardholders, licences have expired. validity expires in January this year,” he said. who failed to honour appointments.that the “We are looking forward to adding even Mamabolo said through the Road Traffi c department and RTMC were recording this more capacity into the system, ensuring Management Corporation (RTMC), licence trend.
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Divenette Streicher (13) from the Moot is ready to enter the next stage of her life when she goes back to school in February. In 2018, Divenette had to sessions of therapy, we were able undergo 19 operations to repair to get her to adapt to a new way of damage to her intestines that were schooling,” Minette said. leaking after her appendix burst in “For obvious reasons she February of that year. couldn’t keep up with the pressure “She was originally wrongfully and routines of her previous than anything this year. diagnosed with a kidney and school, but she persevered and “We’re praying that she will be bladder infection,” said her mother studied hard for grades 6 and 7. able to get back into some sporting Minette. The doctors are still planning for a activities soon and that she can “We later found out her few surgeries, but those will have have a normal life of a school- appendix had ruptured and was to wait until Covid passes.” going child. Divenette, like any infected. This had leaked out and Minette told Rekord that one of other teenager, fears the unknown, caused septicaemia in her entire the hardest things Divenette had but won’t let her nerves get the body. to endure was losing some friends better of her.” “We had to hear that our during her ordeal. She enjoys doing art – something daughter was busy dying three “We had to make many changes she discovered about herself times that year.” in her life. From dietary changes while recovering, playing games Minette told Rekord that the and challenges, to friends rejecting on her PlayStation, playing with recovery process after the entire her and gossiping behind her back. her dogs, riding her bike in the ordeal had been signifi cantly hard It was really hard to see my child neighbourhood and swimming. on her daughter, but that she is go through that. “For someone that went through extremely excited for the future. “Trauma is a very displeasing what she did, she’s an absolute “We are blessed every single thing. It aff ected her physically, inspiration. She adores swimming, day. God healed our daughter, and but she also couldn’t participate she is a fi sh in the water. We can’t here we are, two years later and in any sporting activities, and this wait to see what she achieves this she is ready for high school. also had negative eff ects,” she year. I’m grateful to have my big- “For the fi rst time in two years, said. hearted teenage girl with me, alive I can honestly say that mentally Minette emphasised that the and well. Every day is a blessing and spiritually, things are looking anticipation to get her life back to and we know that,” Minette Divenette Streicher. up for her. After enduring many a normal teenager’s life, is greater concluded. Hospitals expand to accommodate Covid-19 patients ‘Additional staffi ng, oxygen supply and ventilators, as well as the conversion of more hospital beds to Covid-19 red zones where needed have enabled us to signifi cantly ramp up the capacity for the second wave.’
Hospitals across Pretoria have been placed under enormous pressure even though they Covid-19 cases in certain regions decrease. many instances, at capacity. under a lot of pressure because of the second have increased the capacity of these highly Life Healthcare regional manager Johan De Villiers said they were seeing high Covid-19 surge and had to take urgent specialised units. Holder said they saw a drop in the number of occupancies with signifi cant volumes of measures to address capacity. “Additional staffi ng, oxygen supply and Covid-19 patients in Gauteng. patients in emergency centres. Private healthcare company Netcare ventilators, as well as the conversion of more “NCID reports suggest that the second “ICU beds and ventilators have announced on Tuesday that it has set up a hospital beds to Covid-19 red zones where wave may have passed its peak,” said Holder. experienced the biggest strain with many temporary facility at its Montana hospital in needed have enabled us to signifi cantly ramp “Because of this, we are not currently hospitals’ ICU and high care beds and the north of Pretoria to cope with a surge in up the capacity for the second wave. not preparing for additional capacity right ventilators fully occupied.” Covid-positive patients. “We have also suspended non-urgent now. However, we continue to monitor the He said their current ventilator capacity and This as the group now has more than elective surgical and medical admissions to situation. All Life Healthcare hospitals have a high fl ow oxygen device capacity is under 3 000 Covid-positive patients in its hospitals our hospitals since just before Christmas last Covid-19 committee that works closely with extreme pressure because of high demand. across the country, according to Netcare CEO year. However, medically necessary, time hospital management daily.” “This is a fl uid situation which changes Richard Friedland. sensitive surgeries are continuing in cases Mediclinic Southern Africa chief clinical daily. We purchased additional ventilators To cope, the group has in the past two where postponement could result in patients’ offi cer Dr Gerrit de Villiers said they were and oxygen delivery devices for certain weeks opened three temporary facilities outcomes or quality of life being signifi cantly still experiencing signifi cant patient volumes hospitals where the infrastructure allowed for known as clinical decision units (CDUs) altered. in Gauteng as well as other provinces. additional capacity to be deployed. across the country. He said resumption of non-urgent elective “Where possible we have implemented During a visit to Steve Biko academic “These CDUs can accommodate an surgery in their hospitals will depend on the additional measures to increase capacity,” hospital recently, health minister Dr additional 116 patients,” he said. course of the pandemic. he said. “But our resources, notably staffi ng, Zweli Mkhize said although the hospital Friedland said despite the CDUs, critical This may be done in stages, such as emergency centre capacity and critical care experienced a high number of admissions, care units in many of their hospitals remained at diff erent times in diff erent regions, as resources, are under signifi cant strain and in they were not full.
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When I start she surprised everyone including competing indoors in Europe got to feel better, I will want to begin herself. derailed when she recently tested to train again,” said Steenkamp. She set a new South African positive for the Covid-19 virus. She admitted that there was a record running 12.91s in Prague. The Puma-Tuks athlete has been moment when she thought she A few weeks later, during the confi ned to bed for a week due to could go back to the track next La Chaux-de-Fonds Meeting in severe headaches and other fl u-like week, but Wenda Nel convinced Switzerland, she ran 12.81s. symptoms. Her energy levels are her that it would be foolish to do Last year Steenkamp twice also frustratingly low. She has also so. managed to set a new South lost 3kg in a mere fi ve days. “She told me that at most, I African indoor record in the Steenkamp explained that she will be able to walk around the 60m-hurdles. During a meeting in started feeling sick when they got track at a real slow pace. Wenda Glasgow, she ran a time of 8.29s back from holiday. ought to know. She tested positive during the heats. A week later in “As athletes, we tend to be very for Covid last year,” Steenkamp Madrid again during the heats, she aware when our bodies start to act explained. ran 8.17s. up. Nel is Tuks 400m-hurdler who There is a lot of talk on whether “Initially, I was only won a bronze medal during the the Tokyo Olympic Games will go continuously tired. I started 2018 Gold Coast Commonwealth ahead. to take naps in the afternoons. Games. “It is mentally tiring for us as It is something I have never Overcoming setbacks is nothing athletes. At times during the Covid done before. I decided to get new to Steenkamp. In 2016 she pandemic, it feels like we go one tested when my symptoms got had to relearn how to walk after step forward and two backwards,” progressively worse. undergoing an ankle operation. A she said. “The result was no surprise,” she year later she managed to dip under “You want to train to be at your remarked. 13 seconds for the fi rst time in the best for the Olympics, but there are Paul Botes was ’n veelsydige agterspeler wat waarskynlik According to Steenkamp, the 100m-hurdles clocking a time of no guarantees. We can hope it is baie meer wedstryde vir die Blou Bulle kon gespeel het as most important thing she should 12.99s in Ostrava. not going to be a repeat of last year die 47 waarin hy in aksie was. Foto: Twitter focus on is to take it one day at a In 2018 she was battling a with the Games being postponed time as it is unsure how long her hamstring injury. For nearly three again,” Steenkamp concluded. Voormalige Blou Bul Paul Botes oorlede Die voormalige veelsydige agterspeler van die Blou Bulle, Paul Botes, is verlede week op die ouderdom van 58 aan hartversaking oorlede. Botes, was ‘n Pretorianer in murg en been en het aan die Hoërskool Overkruin in die noorde van die stad gematrikuleer, waarna hy by die Universiteit van Pretoria gestudeer het. Dis juis as jong Tukkie dat Botes in die middel van die 1980’s sy deurbraak op provinsiale vlak gemaak het. Hy was bekend as ‘n heelagter, maar is deur afrigters soos dr. Ernt Dinkelman en dr. John Williams ook gereeld as vleuel en soms selfs losskakel ingespan. Dít The South het waarskynlik sy besondere rugbytalent beklemtoon. Hy was African vinnig, vaardig en ’n puik verdediger. Hy het boonop ’n geleerde 100m-hurdles skopvoet gehad wat hom ’n aanwins in enige van die drie posisies record-holder gemaak het. In sy deurbraak-jaar, 1984, het Botes as 21-jarige ’n Rikenette droomseisoen beleef en hy is aan die einde van daardie seisoen Steenkamp in saam met Springbokke soos Uli Schmidt en Helgaard Muller, action on the asook provinsiale legendes soos Wessel Lightfoot en Niel Buger athletics track. genomineer as Suid-Afrika se Jong Speler van die Jaar. Botes het Photo: Reg in 47 wedstryde vir die Bulle uitgedraf. Dié getal sou waarskynlik Caldecott baie groter gewees het as hy nie met legendes soos Johan Heunis en wyle Gerbrand Grobler in sy gunsteling posisie, heelagter, moes meeding nie. Hy het aan die einde van sy loopbaan ook sy vlerke gesprei na Europa en ’n paar seisoene met groot sukses klubrugby in Italië gespeel. Botes word oorleef deur twee kinders en sy bejaarde moeder. Geen begrafnisreëlings was teen druktyd al bekend nie. Netball South Africa suspends planned activities for now Since the start of 2021, South “We will continue to take the Africa has seen a resurgence in lead from government and consult Covid-19 cases, more people seem all relevant stakeholder as we to be contracting the virus and a lot take all the much needed steps more seem to be losing their lives to ensure we protect lives,” said in this pandemic. Molokwane, the president of In the light of these Netball South Africa. developments, Netball South The President and Netball South Africa President Cecilia Africa events team will continue Molokwane, and her executive to be in consultation with the committee have taken a unanimous Department of Sports, Arts and decision to suspend all planned Culture as well as the Department netball activities until further of Health and will monitor the notice. situation with the view of taking Postponed activities include the best decision for the sport. the u.21 training camp which was Molokwane concluded by saying scheduled for earlier this month, she think it is also important that the SPAR Challenge in Cape Town the netball community take this between 20 and 27 January and the time and continue to use this Male National Championships. moment to educate South Africans This decision was taken with about the importance of adhering the aim of protecting the lives to health regulations and protocols of all our players, members, all around Covid-19. stakeholders, and partners. Netball South Africa will “As the country continues to continue to assess the situation see Covid-19 numbers rising, it is over time and review the decision very scary seeing what is going on to either continue the events or around us. keep them suspended until it is “We see numbers rising and safe to resume playing. these numbers are names of people The federation also urges all its that we know. members to minimise all forms “As an executive, it was very of travels unless it is necessary to important for us to take a decision do so. They reminded people the Several major netball tournaments and training camps scheduled for January and February have been to postpone all our planned virus does not move unless people postponed due to the current raging second wave of Covid-19. Photo: Reg Caldecott activities until further notice. move it. I REKORD N S I D E Hurdles star tests ppositive PRETORIA MOOT REKORD FRIDAY JANUARY 29, 2021
Blue Bulls centre Cornal Hendricks beats some defenders in Saturday’s Currie Cup semi-fi nal at Loftus Versfeld. Photo: simondp@actionimage Blue Blues to battle it out to become Curry Cup champs Koos Venter the Lions in the fi rst semi-fi nal in Pretoria. In the process, the Blue Bulls overcame Jake White’s Blue Bulls team has the an early second-half fi ghtback by the opportunity to break their longest Currie Lions in this thrilling game. Cup drought in the union’s history this Since the last time the Blue Bulls coming Saturday at Loftus Versfeld, managed to win the Currie Cup, when when they will face the Sharks at in the they beat the Cheetahs 36-24 at Loftus fi nal. Versfeld in 2009, the men in Light Blue The Blue Bulls will host the Sharks have only been able to qualify for the fi nal in the fi rst Carling Currie Cup fi nal at once. Loftus Versfeld since 2009 after the However, that year – 2016 – they teams held their nerve in testing semi- were overwhelmed by the Cheetahs in fi nals on Saturday to be the last sides Bloemfontein with a score of 36-16. standing. The decade between 2010 and 2019 The last time these two teams met in is now known as the Blue Bulls’ longest the fi nal was in 2008, with the Sharks period ever without the coveted golden clinching the coveted gold trophy with a cup in the trophy cabinet. 14-9 victory in Durban. Jake White’s troops will defi nitely Table-topping Bulls guaranteed their want to break this drought this coming The Blue Bulls lock, Sintu Manjezi, wins possession in the line-out in Saturday’s Currie Cup home fi nal with a 26-21 victory against Saturday. semi-fi nal. Photo: simondp@actionimage
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