Cardiovascular disease: know your risk profile
Here’s why you need to look after your cardiovascular health.
Signs and symptoms of a stroke and heart attack
September is heart and stroke awareness month. Living healthily, including taking regular exercise and eating a balanced diet, will go a long way to reducing the risk of lifestyle diseases including obesity, diabetes, hypertension, high cholesterol and cardiovascular disease.
In a heartbeat – implanting a pacemaker is not as dramatic as it sounds
Pacemakers are often used to treat a slow heartbeat. Here’s what you should know about the procedure.
Heart attack vs cardiac arrest
Learn the difference between a heart attack and cardiac arrest.
Non-surgical heart valve repair
Read more about the groundbreaking procedure at Mediclinic Panorama.
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Most nursing units have windows overlooking gardens to promote healing.
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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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Mediclinic Cape Town is accredited as a mother and baby friendly institution, having scored 100% at a recent external review.
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We place oxygen-releasing, toxin-absorbing plants, like Sanseviera Trifasciata, around our hospitals.
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Immunisations save lives and help stop diseases from spreading.
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Scrub areas in theatre are a minimum of 2.1m wide to accommodate at least two people at a time.
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Mediclinic uses building materials that reduce background noise for minimal disturbance.
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We install alcohol rub dispensers at our facilities to prevent the spread of pathogens.
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Our nursing units are designed to minimise the distance between nursing staff and patients.
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We monitor the temperature of our neonatal units as newborn babies are extremely sensitive to temperature change.
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Exercise after a heart attack, rebound headaches and blood thinners
When is it okay to start exercising after a heart attack? And could painkillers be causing this reader’s headaches?
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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We have backup generators for our backup generators so that we can provide uninterrupted expert care.
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Scrub areas in theatre are a minimum of 2.1m wide to accommodate at least two people at a time.
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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 are designed to minimise ambient noise to promote sleeping and the healing process.
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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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To prevent harmful bacteria being absorbed by mattresses we use protective under sheets made from polypropylene.
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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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Mediclinic trains more than a thousand nurses annually at training centres throughout Southern Africa.
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Our nursing units are designed to minimise the distance between nursing staff and patients.
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To ensure sterility, our surgical instruments are twice wrapped in sterile fabric.
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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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