Your check-up – blood pressure
A routine check-up is quick and easy – and essential for your long-term health.
Reduce your cardio risk
Dr Philip Mills explains how to reduce your risk of cardiovascular disease.
Learn more about mechanical embolectomy
Dr Mark Abelson pioneered the use of mechanical embolectomy in South Africa after travelling to the United States to learn the procedure.
Nuclear medicine.
Nuclear medicine began more than 60 years ago and is now considered as an extremely valuable discipline for the early diagnosis, treatment and control of numerous medical conditions.
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Immunisations save lives and help stop diseases from spreading.
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A baby has a 70% better chance of surviving a motor vehicle accident if in a secure car seat and properly restrained.
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Our corridors are 2.3m wide allowing two beds to pass one another without any interference.
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Our radio-translucent theatre beds enable X-rays to be taken on the spot, without having to move the patient or disturb the procedure.
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Nurses can observe patients at all times as critical care units are designed like a beehive with the nurses’ station in the middle.
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An orange has over 170 different phytonutrients and more than 60 flavonoids, providing anti-inflammatory, anti-tumour and blood clot-inhibiting effects.
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Trauma patients with a critically low temperature will often be wrapped in a space blanket to reduce heat loss.
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A jumping rope uses almost every muscle in the entire body during exercise.
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Most nursing units have windows overlooking gardens to promote healing.
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Our nursing units are designed to minimise the distance between nursing staff and patients.
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More about strokes
Dr Mark Abelson, a cardiologist at Mediclinic Vergelegen’s Heart Unit, talks about strokes.
Heart disease and strokes
Here’s the crux: cardiovascular disease is the number one killer in the developed world, and it develops silently and quietly inside us. But it is easily detectable if we simply take the time to look out for ourselves.
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Mediclinic has the highest number of internationally accredited facilities in Southern Africa.
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We found a practical solution to a shortage of theatre nurses by becoming a registered teaching institution.
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Nurses can observe patients at all times as critical care units are designed like a beehive with the nurses’ station in the middle.
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Our corridors are 2.3m wide allowing two beds to pass one another without any interference.
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Our nursing units are designed to minimise the distance between nursing staff and patients.
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An orange has over 170 different phytonutrients and more than 60 flavonoids, providing anti-inflammatory, anti-tumour and blood clot-inhibiting effects.
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Our hospitals have been awarded international accreditation for best practice in the management of environmental systems and practices.
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Our hospitals have been awarded international accreditation for best practice in the management of environmental systems and practices.
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To make the most of every second, we strive to synchronise all our clocks in the hospital.
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Some of our hospitals have operating tables that can support patients of up to 370kg in weight and 2.2m in height.
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Heart palpitations
While palpitations are not necessarily serious and can happen to us as a result of things like stress, it can also signal arrhythmias, or abnormal heart rhythms, and should be checked by a doctor.
Regulating your heart beat
Dizziness, shortness of breath and fatigue are often tell-tale signs that your body is not getting enough blood and oxygen. This can result from your heart beating irregularly or too slow because of the electrical pulses signalling contraction not being conducted properly across the heart muscle.
Heart attack
A heart attack occurs when one of the arteries supplying blood to the heart muscle is suddenly blocked by a blood clot.
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