Final shift beckons for beloved nurse
Provincial Hospital paediatric unit’s Sister Phumla Mquku set to retire after 35 years
Becoming a doctor was her dream, but finances stood in the way, so Sister Phumla Mquku settled on becoming a nurse.
Now, 35 years on as she heads into retirement, she reflected on her trying journey as the head nurse at Provincial Hospital’s paediatric cancer unit — and she is comforted by the fact that being a nurse was always her true calling. ..
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