The Mandela family honoured the late Zoleka Mandela’s request by releasing a list of the medical team that the late author wanted to specially thank after her passing.
The family also shared that Zoleka had asked them to list everyone by name. Zoleka left this earth on September 25th, after a long cancer battle that started with breast cancer, surviving that, later resurfacing in the form of metastatic cancer.
In one of her social media posts, Zoleka shared with her followers that she had been having sessions with her family trying to prepare everyone for life without her.
Taking to both her Instagram and Facebook, the family shared a list of names the late mother of six had requested to receive a special thank you. The list included doctors, nursing staff, physiotherapists and dieticians.
They shared:
“On behalf of Zoleka’s family and loved one’s; we would like to send our heartfelt THANK YOU to the medical team mentioned above. Zoleka was abundantly clear that we should thank everyone by name who assisted in giving her medical care. Thank you for your efforts and your kindness. Thank you for balancing transparency and the truth, no matter how difficult it was at times, with gentleness and support.”
“We are eternally grateful for your assistance during a difficult time.”
“We’d like to issue a special thank you to the palliative care team that supported us and taught us how best to take care of Zoleka, particularly with pain management. Thank you for the support that was never limited to Zoleka but extended also to her family and her children during our journey of anticipatory grief. The extent to which you’ve stretched yourselves for us is unrivalled and we are grateful for every resource that was at our disposal.”
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