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Medihelp donated funds to the University of the Free State to purchase a three-dimensional heart sonar programme, the first of its kind in South Africa, in 2009. This donation forms part of the university’s Beds of Hope campaign, which aims to help underprivileged children who undergo open-heart surgery. The heart sonar programme is specifically designed for the post-operative treatment of cardiac patients and is used instead of expensive MRI scans, which are difficult to use on children.
Medihelp decided to support the Beds of Hope campaign because more than a million children depend on the tertiary care provided by the Universitas and Pelonomi hospitals. These children come from all over the Free State and Northern Cape, and also from the North West, the Eastern Cape and Lesotho.
