Technicians Topple Academics in Cricket Friendly

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A fun afternoon of cricket involving academics and technicians in the School of Laboratory Medicine and Medical Sciences (LMMS) was enjoyed to the final ball by all the players.

The Dean and Head of School, Professor William Daniels, said academics and technicians worked so closely together it was important they socialised and engaged with each other outside the traditional working space.

This School combines the Disciplines associated with Pathology and Laboratory Medicine with the basic medical sciences of Anatomy, Physiology and Biochemistry, which underpin the Institution’s clinical curricula.

In the context of patient care and clinical decision making, the involvement of the Disciplines of Laboratory Medicine are required in more than 80 percent of clinical decision making at all levels from outpatient care for ambulant patients to inpatient care for the critically ill patient.

‘The cricket game was a lovely initiative and a tremendous success,’ said Technical Operations Manager, Miss Metse Seremula.

She echoed the words of Daniels who said he hoped ‘the exuberance of the event’ would be contagious in spreading a positive sprit, even to those academics and technicians unable to attend.

Unisex teams competed against each other in the friendly cricket match which ended with the technicians team victorious.

Professor Edith Peters-Futre (62) was named “Lady of the Match” after scoring lots of runs and taking catches off two consecutive balls. An Exercise Physiologist by profession, the former national runner has also completed the challenging Midmar Mile swim.

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