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Faizel Jacobs

Faizel Jacobs is the founder and coordinator of the South African Society of Stomates.

Latest Work

Ghosted by the Eastern Cape Health Department — how bureaucratic silence is destroying stoma patient dignity

DIGNITY DENIED OP-ED

16 October 2025

Ghosted by the Eastern Cape Health Department — how bureaucratic silence is destroying stoma patient dignity

By Faizel Jacobs

3 min

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Faizel Jacobs

27 November 2023

A patient’s plea to the Health Department: Just talk to us about ostomy care

By Faizel Jacobs

4 min

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The ethical dilemma some surgeons in public healthcare face – save lives or prevent indignity and humiliation

AN OSTOMATE’S PERSPECTIVE

13 September 2023

The ethical dilemma some surgeons in public healthcare face – save lives or prevent indignity and humiliation

By Faizel Jacobs

5 min

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