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Aims of this Society is to:

• Help families cope with the trauma and adaption of a newborn premature baby

•  Provide emotional support to these parents, particularly during the traumatic
hospitalization and immediate care of the infant after being discharged from hospital

• Assist parents with medical information concerning the physical progress and development
of the baby

• Create a greater public awareness of the trauma associated with pre-term babies


Meetings

During our open meetings every alternative month , we invite various guest speakers to provide us with further information and knowledge about important topics concerning our premature babies such as

• occupational therapy 

• physiotherapy 

• hearing and speech therapy

• emotional development and needs

• immunization

• feeding


BIG SUPPORT FOR LITTLE PEOPLE

Support group for parents with babies in hospital 
every second Wednesday 18h00 
3rd floor , Lamprecht Medi-Clinic 

The committee of this group consists of :
a pediatrician, nursing staff , clinical social worker and involved mothers.

These services are being made available to you in order to try to help you overcome the
trauma and assist parents to adjust to this wonderful but different situation.

We hope that we can be of some assistance to you.

Contact : Sandra Bredell 
Cell : 082 576 9050
P.O.Box 2203 , GEORGE 6530 Fax : ( 044 ) 874 0396