Mirja Delport is a doctor at the Oudtshoorn District Hospital. Her personal experience of the public healthcare challenges inspires her to ensure that patients are directed to the correct health care access points to facilitate timely treatment. Dr. Delport also works at local community-based clinics in Dysseldorp in the Western Cape. “Integrity, for me, is following up on all my patients and not letting one slip through the cracks, she says. “It is advocating for their care when they are not able to and it is a commitment to doing right.”
