Sprint sensation Van Niekerk donates R500‚000 to neonatal unit
World 400m champion Wayde van Niekerk has donated R500‚000 towards the upgrade of the Groote Schuur Hospital’s neonatal unit.
The sprint sensation was himself apparently a premature baby and spent several weeks in an incubator at the Cape Town hospital.
The money was donated to the Newborns Groote Schuur Trust.
We salute Wayde van Niekerk for donating R500k to Newborns Groote Schuur Trust to upgrade hospital’s neonatal unit pic.twitter.com/NCUMSvWxXa
— South African Heroes (@SA_Heroes) May 20, 2016
Athetics Africa@athleticsafrica tweeted: “ICYMI: World 400m champion @WaydeDreamer donated R500K to the Groote Schuur Hospital’s neonatal unit in #SouthAfricahttps://t.co/ikTjc8uKKq GrooteSchuurHS and Athletics_SA “
In another tweet it said: “The #SouthAfrican 400m prodigy‚ delivered prematurely‚ spent weeks in an incubator at Groote Schuur Hospital’s neonatal unit as an infant.”
Every Child who in future be born in Groote Schuur will know it was made possible by @WaydeDreamer: a legend @23pic.twitter.com/qscDZyCXni
— Ricardo Mackenzie (@ricardomackenzi) May 20, 2016
Van Niekerk in March this year became the first runner in the world to break 10 seconds for 100-metres‚ 20 seconds for 200m and 44 seconds for 400m.