The upgrading of the Wits Roy McAlpine Burns Unit at Chris Hani Baragwanath Academic Hospital (CHBAH) will go a long way in positioning the facility as one of the leading centres in Africa, focusing on the treatment of burns.

This is the view expressed by Gauteng MEC for Health and Wellness, Nomantu Nkomo-Ralehoko when opening the new extended wing together with Vice- Chancellor and Principal of Wits University, Prof Zeblon Vilakazi and the Roy McAlpine Foundation.

Since its establishment 33 years ago, the burns unit at CHBAH has admitted over 30,000 patients and performed more than 40,000 burn-related surgical procedures.

"The opening of this new wing is more than just an expansion of physical space; it represents a crucial step forward in our ability to provide lifesaving world-class care to the hundreds of patients who depend on the public health system. 

This centre of excellence will go a long way in ensuring that more patients, both adults and children, can be counted among those whose dignity was restored post severe burns,” explained MEC Nkomo-Ralehoko.

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