BizCommunity reports: “Unveiling the heroes: A look behind the scenes of integrating palliative care into SA’s public health system.”

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Dr Clint Cupido is a trailblazer in the palliative care community in South Africa. In an interview with Dr Clint Cupido, director of Abundant Life, a palliative care programme at Victoria Hospital in Wynberg, published by BizCommunity, he explains how patients living with serious illnesses and their loved ones are supported through their programme. It is one of the first such programmes to integrate palliative care services into hospitals. As he explains in the article, this is not the norm. “From just 30 patients attending in 2009 and 100 in 2010, this number skyrocketed to 850 referrals in 2023. Last year, Abundant Life Palliative Care had provided care for a sum total of 10,000 patients.”

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Unveiling the heroes: A look behind the scenes of integrating palliative care into SA’s public health system