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10 April 2013
Dot Chadwick and colleague and long standing Member of Friends of African Nursing, Alison Herbert set off last weekend to Lesotho. They are going to be delivering a new programme, as requested by the Ministry of Health and the nurses on Anaesthetic, Recovery and Rescusitation skills and knowledge. They will be in Maseru for a week and hope to be delivering this programme to 25 delegates from hospitals all around Lesotho.
They have an opportunity to visit the newly opened Referral Hospital in the capital, during the week.
More news soon...... please keep checking back.
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Do Come And Join Us !
Further Information Is Available At Read More >
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Sincere Thanks
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