Given Gain Campaign

Prof Pierre Goussard

I am the Head of Clinical Unit: Paediatric Pulmonology and PICU at Tygerberg Hospital (TBH) and Stellenbosch University and Chair of the Tygerberg Hospital Children Trust. I am raising funds to purchase an Olympus bronchoscope for the Department of Paediatrics and Child Health.TBH acts as a referral centre for complicated cases, including diseases such as tuberculosis, HIV, complicated pneumonia, and complicated respiratory pathologies and congenital lesions. Bronchoscopes are used to investigate the airways of sick very small babies and children used to improve the diagnostic abilities for tuberculosis and malignancy, which is often diagnosed late. It is also used for interventional procedures. We teach many SA doctors as well as from other African countries who are then able to assist their communities on their return home. Children from these neighbouring countries are often brought to the TBH to receive specialised medical care.I am an avid marathon runner, having completed >50 marathons, including the Paris (x4), Berlin (x2) and London (x1) marathons and the ultra-marathon of Gornergrat Zermatt in Switzerland in July 2022. This year, I already completed the Acea Run Rome Marathon in Italy on 19 March (42 Km), the Two Oceans Marathon in Cape Town on Saturday 15 April (56 Km) and the Kia False Bay Road Race (50 Km) on 7 May towards this campaign.My next marathon will be the Stoos-Trail 2023 in Switzerland on 8 July (46 Km). (See their webpage newsletter at:https://www.stoostrail.ch/en/news/gast-aus-s%C3%BCdafrika)Please support this fundraising campaign by donating for every kilometer that I will run.