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Rural Doctor of the Year 2025

Dr Andrew Wilkins

Madwaleni Hospital

Eastern Cape

Andy, and his wife Sarah, arrived as a newlywed couple to Madwaleni Hospital in 2018, bright-eyed and filled with a passion to fulfil their calling at a rural hospital. He soon sought to make deeper impacts on local communities by specialising in Family Medicine, which he successfully achieved through the decentralised programme at WSU, qualifying cum laude for his remarkable research work.

While dealing with some very real consequences of life in a rural hospital and the associated attrition...

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2023: Dr Bukiwe Spondo Tafalofefe District Hospital, Eastern Cape

2022: Dr Craig Parker Umoya, Eastern Cape

2021: Dr Michaela Lotz and Dr John-D Lotz Madwaleni Hospital, Eastern Cape

2020: Dr Angela Hartwig Amathole, Eastern Cape

2019: Dr Andrew Miller Madwaleni Hospital, Eastern Cape

2018: Dr Mikail Gurland Tintswalo Hospital, Mpumalanga

2017: Dr Lushiku Nkombua Middleburg Hospital, Mpumalanga

2016: Dr Nomlindo Makubalo Nelson Mandela Bay, Eastern Cape

2015: Dr Ndiviwe Mphothulo Taung, Mpumalanga

2014: Dr Jenny Nash Amatole District Team, Eastern Cape

2013: Dr Ben Gaunt and Dr Taryn Gaunt Zithulele Hostpital, Eastern Cape

2012: Dr Kelly Gate Bethesda hospital, Kwazulu-Natal

2011: Dr. KR Adigun Bethal Hospital, Mpumalanga

2010: Dr Mabatho Kekana Hlabisa Hospital, KwaZulu-Natal

2009: Dr JJ Ogole Piet Retief Hospital, Mpumalanga

2008: Dr Munyadziwa Kwinda Donald Fraser Hospital, Limpopo

2007: Dr Gert Marincowitz Tzaneen, Limpopo

2006: Dr Vanga Siwisa Taung, North West

2005: Dr Nigel Hoffman Rietvlei Hospital, Eastern Cape

2004: Dr Hermann Reuter MSF in Lusikisiki, Eastern Cape

2003: Dr Victor Fredlund Mseleni Hospital, northern KwaZulu-Natal

Special Awards

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