Medical Cause for Len Coetzee Campaign

My name is Len Coetzee.

 

I am a 68 year old male living in Tzaneen in Limpopo, South Africa.

 

In 2004 I had my first heart attack after which I lost my employment in the petro chemical industry. In 2014 I had my second major heart attack which left me with 28% heart function.

In the years past I have been in and out of hospital with heart failure. In October of this year, 2023, I was admitted to Tzaneen public hospital due to heart failure.

 

 

 

 

 

Immediately we agreed that the food served by the hospital was sorely inadequate even for a healthy person, let alone a sick man wanting to recover. Unfortunately the Public Health Care System has failed to help me in a timely manner as I have now been in hospital for 8 weeks to date due to unavailable testing vacancies and inadequate equipment.

MRI scans and CT scans done proved inconclusive then we wait another week for another appointment and so on.

 

My son had to return home due to work commitments and joined  myself and my wife again when we received a date of December 6th on which in was to get a triple heart bypass.

 

On the 6th I was prepped for surgery, wheeled into theatre and drips inserted in both my arms and neck. After three hours of lying on a operating table to small to put my arms on and freezing cold, I was wheeled back to the ward and the operation was canceled due to instrumental failure.

 

Subsequent test results have stated that I am not fit to undergo such a procedure due to the condition of my heart.  We still, however, are needing to cover expenses that were spent during the last four months.

 

 

 

 

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