The gift of life is precious and surgeons behind the scenes have shared memories of their patients who have survived despite the odds.
This week, the Weekend Argus team joined the Faculty of Medicine and Surgery registrars at Tygerberg Hospital.
They gave a glimpse into some of the lives they have saved, among them a teenager who sustained multiple injuries, including a crushed pelvis, after being involved in a motor vehicle accident (MVA) that claimed the lives of four people; a man who had suffered a