HEALTH SYSTEM STRENGTHENING.

Public-sector cancer care rarely fails all at once, it fails at specific points: a fully booked scanner, a missing specialist, no one to help a patient process what they've just been told. Project Flamingo finds those bottlenecks in existing public-sector cancer services and fills them with targeted additional capacity, so patients keep moving through the system instead of stalling in it.

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Holistic care goes beyond surgery, and we've dedicated ourselves to the entire care continuum.

Diagnostics

Extra specialist capacity at the Groote Schuur Breast Clinic: more consultations, more ultrasounds, shorter waits for a diagnosis
A CT-scan catch-up list at Tygerberg Hospital, clearing the backlog so patients get staged and treated sooner

Psychology & Emotional Support

Two psychologists, at Groote Schuur and Tygerberg, walking breast cancer patients through the emotional weight of diagnosis and treatment

Oncology

An echocardiogram catch-up list at Livingstone Hospital, clearing patients for chemotherapy faster and safely
An oncology nurse at George Hospital, four days a week, administering chemotherapy to patients.
A PICC-port catch-up list at Groote Schuur, fitting the ports patients need before treatment can begin.

Medical Students, Training & Bursaries

We are funding a medical officer specialising in palliative care to support patients at Groote Schuur
Our Flaminglet programme, putting medical students in theatre and teaching them a patient-centred, philanthropic approach to medicine from day one

Digital Systems

We fund an online booking system at Groote Schuur, cutting the friction between patients and appointments
We've built DataWings, our own software built to scope and track patient care