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Groote Schuur Celebrates Discharging 150th Surviving Ventilated Patient

Tuesday, March 02, 2021 at 11:44 AM by Marilynn Manuel

- Cape Town-based hospital Groote Schuur recently headed online to celebrate a Covid-19 victory milestone

- In a heartwarming post, the hospital announced that they had just discharged their 150th ventilated survivor patient

- Many people loved the feel-good news and swiftly headed to the comment section to share their thoughts with the hospital

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Hearing good news about the virus that wreaked havoc on the world is very rare, which is why celebrating every victory, whether big or small, is very important. Cape Town-based Groote Schuur recently celebrated a heartwarming Covid victory.

Heading online, @IvanJoubert Director of Critical Care at Groote Schuur Hospital, headed online to share the news that the hospital had just discharged their 150th ventilated survivor patient - something definitely worth celebrating.

"We discharged our 150th ventilated survivor today! A milestone sweetened by the fact that it is a medical colleague. Well done to the whole critical care team at Groote Schuur!" he wrote.

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South Africans were overjoyed by the great news. Many of them headed to the comment section to share their thoughts. Read a few of them below:

@WayneSmithSA said:

"Well done Ivan - To you and the whole team - Respect."

@gill_mkhasibe said:

"We pray for you all every day. Huge thanks and congrats to your team."

@vaneela6 said:

"Wow. Some good news at last. Well done to all the Frontline workers who made this possible."

Groote Schuur Celebrates Discharging 150th Ventilated Survivor Patient — Groote Schuur is celebrating a big milestone. Image: Jeffrey Greenberg/Universal Images
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@kewley_kathy said:

"What incredible news. Well done and they are definitely in great hands."

@cltkidlit said:

"Thanks all for the continued hard work and courage."

@toriajeand said:

"Amazing, thanks to you & all at Groote Schuur!"

Briefly.co.za also reported that Health Minister Dr Zweli Mkhize says that 1.1 million South Africans will receive the Covid-19 vaccine by the end of March. Mkhize said that authorities might have to inoculate more people than the original figure of 40 million.