Category: Child Health

For many years, I worked in the medical acute and emergency care department at Red Cross War Memorial Children’s Hospital in Cape Town. One of the jobs was to find berths for sick children who needed formal admission to hospital. During busy times of the year (that became known as the ‘surge season’), finding such…

I used to give a lecture to medical students on one of the scourges of children’s health, acute gastroenteritis or diarrhoeal disease. I composed and sang a few songs to add interest to the educational experience. Here are a few of them. How to make oral rehydration solution to prevent a baby or child becoming…