MEDUNSA UPGRADE - University of Limpopo

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One of the upgraded operating theatres in the Medunsa Oral Centre with Operational Manager Martha Lebalo (left) and Theatre Sister Francina Ramashita Demonstrating the new Phantom Head Laboratory are Professor Neels du Preez (seated), member of the Operative Dentistry department and Project Leader in the laboratory upgrade. With him is Dr Riaan Lombard, head of Operative Dentistry. P A G E 1 6
Medunsa upgrades ORAL HEALTH CENTRE EXPANDS FACILITIES – AND SERVICE TO PATIENTS IT’S SOMETHING TO SMILE ABOUT. It’s the ongoing iupgrading of the Medunsa School of Dentistry’s Oral Health Centre – the dental hospital – located in the School’s block. Its facilities for its students are steadily improving, and with them, the services to the community it reaches; often from as far as Limpopo and North-West provinces. Professor Tshepo Gugushe, Director of the School of Dentistry as well as CEO of the Medunsa Oral Health Centre (MOHC) says this is all strictly in line with the School’s pursuit of excellence in the various domains of scholarship, patient care and community service to make a significant contribution to the social well-being, particularly of the poor and disenfranchised. Excellence, he says, is defined as the continuous improvement of quality – in all its dimensions. The dual responsibilities that Gugushe holds work well together. The hospital falls under the authority of the Gauteng Department of Health and Social Development. The school is part of the university – and together they provide a synergistic offering in terms of the training and development of students. Beneficial too, he adds, is that the oral health centre is small and manageable and is linked to established community-based satellite clinics which are used as a resource for service learning and reflective journals by our students. The hospital may be relatively small, but it commands a budget of approximately R60-million from the provincial health department. This includes the wages of about 80 percent of the academic staff, which are joint appointments. The school, which is unique in the country in terms of the range of courses it offers, trains dental therapists, oral hygienists, dentists, and dental specialists – covering all levels of oral health care. It accommodates a total of about 305 undergraduate students across the different courses and years. It also has 55 postgraduate students, including registrars, in the different programmes. Professor Tshepo Gugushi P A G E 1 7
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