by admin@nexa.co.za | Jun 17, 2020 | Newsroom
One family’s experience with both sides of the incredible process that is Organ & Tissue donation. Two stories that started out as one, are now tightly interwoven with the same golden thread of hope. We share both stories together, to encapsulate the close...
by admin@nexa.co.za | Jun 17, 2020 | Newsroom
Zodwa MasekoCornea Recipient Back when Zodwa Maseko was a young girl in Grade II, she was diagnosed with short-sightedness (or myopia) and spectacles were prescribed. Zodwa really didn’t enjoy the fact that she had to wear spectacles, and was secretly delighted...
by admin@nexa.co.za | Jun 17, 2020 | Newsroom
Desré Jenkinson Cornea Recipient Desré Jenkinson, originally from Queenstown, and now Johannesburg based, is a multiple cornea recipient. Throughout her life (since her teens) she has worn glasses or contact lenses. It was during one of her regular eye visits in April...
by admin@nexa.co.za | Jun 17, 2020 | Newsroom
Yvonne MilanBone Recipient Durban-based Yvonne Milan was diagnosed with osteoblastic osteosarcoma in her right tibia, in the January of 2010. She consulted doctor after doctor, several in fact, but medical opinions concurred; Yvonne would need to have her leg...
by admin@nexa.co.za | Jun 17, 2020 | Newsroom
Rosina MentoorCornea Recipient Back in 2008 when Rosina Mentoor was a young girl in Grade 4, she was diagnosed with Glaucoma in both eyes. At that point in time her right eye was the strongest, and she was fortunate enough to receive a cornea transplant on 28.07.08....
by admin@nexa.co.za | Jun 17, 2020 | Newsroom
Nelmari De Beer Bone Tissue Recipient Nelmari de Beer – Tissue Recipient Hello! I’m Nelmari de Beer. Today, looking at me you see a healthy 28-year-old woman, but back in 2013, I suffered constant pain in my left side. Doctors’ visits turned out a series of...
