Dr N Rampersad

31/12/2025

24/07/2025

Thousands wait. Few survive.

In South Africa’s public hospitals, children and adults with life-threatening heart conditions sit on waiting lists that are far too long.

Many of them never get their turn.

At the Heart in Hands Foundation, we step in where the system can’t — providing life-saving heart surgeries to those who need them most.

Every donation, every share, every act of kindness brings us closer to saving another life.

Don’t wait for tragedy to strike. Help us act now.

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24/07/2025

They’re not just patients. They’re people with dreams, families, and stories.
Help us bring heart surgeries to those who would otherwise never get the chance.
👉 Be the reason someone gets a second chance at life.

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15/05/2025

Dr Hansraj Mangray Makes History as UKZN’s First PhD Graduate in Paediatric Surgery

In a momentous milestone for both UKZN and the field of paediatric surgery in South Africa, Dr Hansraj Mangray has become the first PhD graduate in the Paediatric Surgery Discipline since the founding of UKZN in 2004.

Born and raised in Phoenix, Durban, Mangray’s journey to academic and surgical excellence began at Earlington Secondary School. With parents who had limited formal education but a deep belief in the power of learning, he was encouraged from a young age to pursue Higher Education. The challenges he witnessed in the public healthcare system - such as waiting for many hours at clinics and sometimes not seeing a doctor at all - sparked a personal mission to serve and change the system from within.

‘My parents instilled the value of education in us, even though they didn’t have the opportunity to study. I decided to pursue Medicine because I saw first-hand how desperate the need for care was in our communities,’ Mangray reflected.

Read more: https://ndabaonline.ukzn.ac.za/UkzndabaStory/Vol13-Issue13-chs-grad/Dr%20Hansraj%20Mangray%20Makes%20History%20as%20UKZNs%20First%20PhD%20Graduate%20in%20Paediatric%20Surgery/