BY Dylan Bush
Doctor Thulani Ngwenya has no plans to leave his job — at Bethesda Hospital in rural KwaZulu-Natal — for a post in a city. Ngwenya grew up near the facility and he’s determined to serve his community for as long as possible. Get to know him better with our reporter Dylan Bush.
- Doctor Thulani Ngwenya has no plans to leave his job at Bethesda Hospital near Ubombo in rural KwaZulu-Natal for a post in a city. Ngwenya grew up near the facility and he’s determined to serve his community for as long as possible.
- As long as he’s around, Ngwenya argues, patients can get healthcare in a language that they understand.
- The Umthombo Youth Development Foundation, which offers financial support and mentorship, helps to produce health workers for the country’s underserved far-flung areas. Ngwenya is one of about 500 health science graduates that the nonprofit has helped since 1999. Get to know this rural doctor better with our reporter Dylan Bush.