Fikile Dikolomela-Lengene

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Fikile Dikolomela-Lengene is a qualified primary healthcare nurse clinician, nurse activist and primary healthcare nurse practising in one of the townships south of Johannesburg.She began her nursing career in 2005 at Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital, where she obtained a diploma in general…

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