Newsletter 3 — July 2006
Dear members,
HeFSSA continues to develop into a formal operational organisation with the capabilities to deliver on our stated objectives.
It is our pleasure to announce that George Nel has joined the HeFSSA team as Executive Officer. George has extensive commercial experience and has been instrumental in establishing the South African Society of Cardiovascular Intervention (SASCI) during the past three years. Please feel free to contact George regarding any HeFSSA related issues (Tel: 083-458-5954; Fax: 086-675-0805, and george.nel@lantic.net).
HeFSSA will be registered as a Section 21 company (non-profit) within the next eight weeks (with Price Waterhouse Coopers Inc as our auditors) and our HeFSSA website will go live in August 2006 (www.hefssaorg).
We would like to extend our gratitude to Abbott, Medtronic and Roche Diagnostic for their significant support during the launch phase of the new society.
We encourage you to read the May/June edition of the SAHA Journal, covering various aspects of acute and chronic heart failure. The official HeFSSA logo features on the front cover.
With best wishes,
Eric Klug
Karen Sliwa
Olaf Forster