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Between silence and sirens: Cape Town trauma surgeon Dr Deidre McPherson’s midnight vigils

Posted in: Focus, Healthcare system, Healthcare Workers, InFocus, Latest, Provinces, Spotlight, Western Cape

Groote Schuur Hospital in Cape Town has one of the busiest emergency centres in the Western Cape. As it turns to the public to raise R20 million for the opening of a new emergency centre, Dr Deidre McPherson chats to Biénne Huisman about the hospital’s trauma frontline.

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Between silence and sirens: Cape Town trauma surgeon Dr Deidre McPherson’s midnight vigils

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