04-04-2006 13:56
Jordan's Queen Rania Al-Abdullah visited newborn babies at a Cape Town hospital yesterday (03.04.06).
The stunning royal - who is touring South Africa in her role as a UN Children's Fund (Unicef) global leader for children - spent time looking around the labour and neonatal wards at the Tygerberg Hospital.
Rania - who is married to King Abdullah of Jordan - later paid a special visit to the children's ward, where she met with young patients and their families.
As she ended her visit the 36-year-old monarch - who devotes much of her spare time to a host of social and welfare projects - praised the clinic's "outstanding" work in maternity and child care.
Head of obstetrics Gerhardt Theron is quoted on the IOL.co.za website as saying: "It was really pleasant. She's well informed and asks good questions, and she's easy-going and very elegant."
Provincial health minister Pierre Uys said the mother-of-four's visit was an important step.
He said: "She has a lot of influence in women's and children's health and I think it's important that people like her be an ambassador for South Africa and take the message back to the World Health Organisation."
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