EVENT - 2018 / SOUTH AFRICA
Muelmed Rehabilitation Centre, Pretoria
The spinal cord injuries awareness day is scheduled for the 5th of September 2018. The theme for this year is " stop spinal cord injuries". As such, this awareness will be at Hoerskool Staatspresident C.R Swart.
Thabang, who is a current peer-supporter for spinal cord injured patients has been chosen to speak at this event to bring awareness on how learners can avoid getting spinal cord related injuries. He will also bring awareness regarding the existing peer-support programme that learners can tell their relatives and/or friends about.
Netcare Rehabilitation Hospital
- Front of hospital display of posters in line with theme on PREVENTION
- These posters have already gone up in all strategic areas of our hospital
- An email banner will run on the day
- On Wednesday we are running a workshop 11-1pm. We have invited nurses and unit managers from all Netcare Hospitals as well as from other hospital groups, funders and past and present patients and their families. Although the focus is STOP SPINAL CORD INJURY our speakers are also going to touch on aspects of the rehabilitation journey, adjustment to the injury, the return to work process, advice and motivation by sharing their own experiences. Our speaker line-up is great in that it covers experiences from a recently rehabbed person, a female and a person who has surpassed all barriers of his disability over a period of time
- Everyone will be wearing these stickers on the day
Life Rehabilitation based at Life Entabeni Hospital
The unit is planning to host an informative session about spinal cord injury and two guest speakers have been invited to share their testimonials. All attendees will be invited to attend a special tea afterwards.
The unit is planning to host a picnic for all patients who have suffered a spinal injury.
Theme of the planned event: STEP INTO MY WHEELS
The unit is hoping to partner with external stakeholders who are also passionate about employing persons with disabilities. The idea is to ask the public to spend a few minutes in a wheelchair (step into my wheels) and thereby creating awareness about how persons lives may change once they have suffered a spinal injury and subsequently became dependant on using a wheelchair.
ASCI unit at Groote Schuur Hospital
The Acute Spinal Injury Unit at Groote Schuur Hospital, together with members of Qawc, the Maties Wheelchair Rugby team and ChangeAbility- a peer counselling group will have an awareness program. We will have two tables manned by spinal cord injured individuals who will be handing out brochures on prevention methods. We have Buckle Up stickers, Don't Dive brochures and will display the QASA Buckle Up banner as we did last year.
It will happen in the New Main Building, E-Floor in Hospital Street from 10am to 13h00. The programme will consist of an information session and awareness drive with posters, photos and videos of Spinal Cord Injury prevention methods and a presentation called Wheelchair Rugby, the ultimate rehab! Some of the past patients, most whom play wheelchair rugby and are Qawc members will be in attendance and will visit some of the patients in the spinal ward.
The Physiotherapy Department have their own "Back Week" awareness program running from Monday 3rd September to Thursday and we expect an increase in visitors to the exhibition area.
The Public relations office have invited members of the media and will release a press statement containing updated facts and stats provided by the medical staff of the ICU and ASCI Unit. It was very well supported last year and we will have a register for visitors to sign this year.
URUGUAY
The Maldonado Rehabilitation Center, CEREMA, a community awareness activity is being carried out in the central square of the city of Madonado...... It will be an open activity, with the voluntary participation of people with spinal cord injury.
