2 NOVEMBER 2022

BHISHO — To mark the start of the National Disability Rights Awareness Month, Eastern Cape Department of Health MEC Nomakhosazana Meth will hand over much-needed wheelchairs in Nelson Mandela Bay on Friday, 4 October 2022.

 South Africa celebrates National Disability Rights Awareness Month between 3 November and 3 December every year — a month that seeks to promote a more inclusive society where everyone works together to improve the quality of life of people living with disabilities, through concrete action.

The Department of Health will use this month to showcase its contribution to supporting people with disabilities and encourage and educate communities on how to treat people with disabilities.

 November 4 will also mark the last day of training for therapists from various facilities and wheelchair beneficiaries, who are being trained on wheelchair basic seating as part of medico-legal cases mitigating strategies.

 The media is invited as follows:

 VENUE: Dora Nginza Hospital

DATE: 4 NOVEMBER 2022

TIME: 11am

 Issued by the Eastern Cape Department of Health. 

 For enquiries, contact: 

 Mr Mkhululi Ndamase, Spokesperson to MEC on 071 851 8338 

 Ms Yonela Dekeda, Provincial Spokesperson, Eastern Cape Department of Health on 083 378 0968