Following his passion is 'life-changing' - rural award winner

摘要

Todays medical manager of the rustic Bethesda Hospital in far northern KwaZulu-Natal (no guessing his choice) is describing a moment two years ago when, fed-up with 'catching fainting patients' in Britain to pay off his student loan and on the verge of a registrarship at McCords Hospital in Durban, that that telephone call came.It was Mrs P S Khumalo, the CEO at the 222-bed Bethesda Hospital, begging her stalwart former community service officer (comserve) to come help-out' after her solo medical officer fell ill, leaving three wide-eyed comserves stranded in a sea of needy patients. Gate, then 32, consulted his dietician wife Mary-Jane, whom he met at Bethesda during her community service year. 'I asked her what do we want... fame and fortune or peace and tranquillity?' It was a 'no-brainer'