NATAL BYPASS MINUTES - 31 JANUARY 2011

NATAL BYPASS MEETING 02/2011 HELD ONMONDAY 31ST OF JANUARY 2010AT LIFECARE REGIONAL OFFICE, 233 FLORIDA ROAD DURBANat 15:00
PRESENT:Leanne Nyiri (Life Care Hospitals)Dana Govender (Heart & Stroke Foundation)Dan Laban (Natal Bypass Club)Shane Newman (Natal Bypass Club)
1. PURPOSE OF MEETINGThe purpose of the meeting was to agree on the way forward wrt the action plans for 2011.
2. APOLOGIES: None
3. PLAN OF ACTIONLeanne mentioned that there would be a Mended Hearts Group (MHG) meeting organized by Westville and Entabeni hospitals and would be on an alternative monthly basis and any member of the Natal Bypass Club (NBC) could attend any of the meetings the please to.The theme for 2011 would be health & cardiac lifestyle.The 1st meeting which would be held at Entabeni Hospital in the conference room would be at 14:30 on Valentines Day, the 14th of February 2011.As there would be 5 meetings to be scheduled by the Entabeni Mended Hearts, the 5 themes would be :i - Cardiac Disease - Bernie Mothilal - Feb 2011ii - Lifestyle Management - Dana Govender – 14 Apr 2011iii - Cardiac Interventions - Bernie Mothilal – 23 Jun 2011iv - Cardiac Surgery - Bernie Mothilal – 25 Aug 2011v - Cardiac Disease in children - Dana Govender – 13 Oct 2011The dates, times and venues for the above 5 meetings will be addressed to the members of NBC by MHG (LifeCare hospitals). For the Westville Mended Hearts Group for the alternative months of Entabeni Mended Hearts different speakers, on the same topics mentioned above, will be undertaken & members will be advised accordingly. During the course of 2011 LifeCare hospitals will also be doing similar visitations with Mt Edgecomb & Chatsmed hospitals. MHG will also be holding workshops on Saturdays on dates & venues, to be advised, whereby members can have their BP, Cholesterol, BMI, etc all done free of charge.The Natal Bypass Club members need to note that there will be no subs payable to either the NBC or MHG for any of these meetings. However the NBC members will be invited twice a year for a gathering in the conference room at Entabeni hospital, around mid-year and then again for the NBC End of the Year luncheon, so as to maintain the fellowship of the club. At the mid-year get together a speaker will be invited to address the NBC members. It was felt that the fellowship of the members of NBC be maintained, in line with the history of the club.Various posters, flyers, hospital telephone voice systems will also advise on various information to the public and NBC members.The NBC members list would be sent by Shane to Leanne, so that further communications regarding meetings, etc would be sent to members.
4. GENERALPlease note that no meetings of these meetings would be distributed by the Natal Bypass Committee or Mended Hearts Group of any of the hospitals.You are however requested to go to the Life Care Hospitals Website & see any news of Mended Hearts - the website address is http://www.heartfoundation.co.za/heartcondition/support.htm & is done at a national level. Please note that the Mended Hearts Support Group website is alos a link on the Natal Bypass Club blog site.Please also remember to visit the Natal Bypass Club Blog at http://natalbypassclub.blogspot.com, which has been updated, with various cardiac news items, videos, previous minutes, etc, etc.Should you have any further queries on Mended Hearts you can contact Leanne Nyiri at the Entabeni Hospital (031 – 204 1300) or any of the respective members of the NMC committee.
A copy of these minutes has been placed on the Natal Bypass Clubs Blog site at - http://natalbypassclub.blogspot.com/ to view.Issued by Shane Newman – 084 510 8738 or 031 204 5633 (office hours) or shane.newman@absamail.co.zaDate : 06 February 2011