Keurhoek Clinic still going strong

KNYSNA NEWS – The Keurhoek Clinic held its annual open day last week, welcoming residents of the Rheenendal community to its facility to put its services on display. The clinic has been operating in Rheenendal and serving the wider community for more than 20 years, with the variety of services and resources on offer at the clinic growing each year.

Each year the clinic and the Department of Health hold an open day at the facility where they welcome members of the wider Rheenendal community and remind them of the partners that they work with, and the services they have on offer.

Though Covid-19 restrictions limited the number of residents who could be welcomed at the open day on Thursday 27 May, the attendance was still good. According to the clinic's operational manager, Sister Sandra Companie, the open days play an important role for the clinic.

"The importance of these days is to inform the community of all the services the clinic provides, and how our referral systems work. It also allows us to exhibit all our stakeholders and the services they provide," she explained.

Knysna Education Trust (Ket) representative Jordine Windwaai gives a talk on the services they offer.

Outside the realm of primary healthcare, the clinic offers a variety of healthcare services to the community, including but not limited to child health, HIV/TB testing and care, chronic care, mental health care and rehabilitation service.

On the day of the event there were talks by various stakeholders, including the emergency management services (EMS), Knysna Fire & Rescue, motivational speaker Noleen Dirkse and the Knysna Education Trust.

Stakeholders and participants attending the open day.