Good Morning Angels and the DisChem Foundation have helped make little Okhe’s heart surgery a reality!
Eighteen-month-old Okhe (Okhethwaho) Mudau from Seshego, Limpopo, is the only child of her 25-year-old mother, Pertunia Mudau.
Pertunia, a student at a TVET college in Polokwane, supports them both with a SASSA grant as their sole income.
In January 2024, when Okhe was just five months old, she was first admitted to Seshego Hospital and later transferred to Polokwane Provincial Hospital for further treatment.
Pertunia was told that Okhe had a hole in her heart and would need to be transferred to Steve Biko Academic Hospital in Pretoria for the necessary treatment. It was there that they met Prof Lindy Mitchell, an interventional paediatric cardiologist.
Prof Mitchell signed Okhe up for surgery, but in December 2024, it was postponed as Okhe needed a more specialised open-heart surgery, which wasn’t covered by the congenital heart project Prof Mitchell was running with Operation Healing Hands.
The team at the Maboneng Heart & Lung Institute at Netcare Sunninghill Hospital has since stepped in, offering their full support to help Okhe.
Okhe’s surgery is now scheduled for Friday, 28 February 2025. The final hurdle is raising the R200,000 needed to cover the remaining costs of this life-saving heart operation.
REQUEST FOR: 18-month-old Okhe Mudau
REQUEST FROM: Prof Lindy Mitchell, representing Operation Healing Hands
ANGEL 1: Jacqueline Kahlberg, representing the DisChem Foundation
SPONSORING: The DisChem Foundation will donate the full R200,000 needed to make little Okhe’s heart surgery a reality. The DisChem Foundation is funded by all DisChem shoppers who swipe their loyalty cards… so, if you’ve swiped your DisChem loyalty card, you’re an Angel to little Okhe.
ANGEL 2: The Good Morning Angels Fund NPC
SPONSORING: The Good Morning Angels Fund will donate R20,000 to Okhe’s mom to help cover living and transport expenses, ensuring that Okhe receives the proper nutrition and after-care needed for her full recovery.
