Clinic & Hospice
The Clinic
In co-operation with the Catholic Bishops of Southern Africa and PEPFAR, we provide a clinic for over 2000 patients from the local community, where ARV treatment is available for HIV/AIDS sufferers. All of the Sisters and Staff involved in the ARVD programme have attended training courses regarding the administration of the medication, drug literacy and pre- and post-therapy counselling. The patients are all given drug literacy training and will receive on-going counselling. But more importantly they have access to doctors and nurses who can treat the opportunistic infections they might also have, in a calm and loving environment.
St Basil’s Hospice
The hospice has transformed from a facility for terminally-ill patients to a comprehensive palliative care facility where patients receive 24 hour quality effective care.
Patients receive psychosocial support and are equipped with income generating skills such as knitting.
The number of discharges continuously increases as the more patients’ health improves, especially single mothers who need to provide and care their dependants, the number of children left orphaned or vulnerable therefore also decreases, with more children growing up as contributing adults within their community.
