COVID-19 and PTSD
Experts say the number of people experiencing post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is rising as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.
What is cognitive behavioural therapy? [INFOGRAPHIC]
Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) helps you manage your problems by changing the way you think and behave.
How to manage your mental health in tough times
Everyone has faced challenges during the COVID-19 pandemic – whether financial, physical or mental. Two psychologists share advice on how to maintain your emotional wellbeing in tough times.
Do I need therapy? [INFOGRAPHIC]
You need not struggle alone – professional help is at hand to help you identify and deal with negative feelings and behaviours.
Social isolation and your mental health
Loneliness is linked to a number of negative health outcomes. Here’s how to counteract the downsides of staying physically distant from loved ones during the pandemic.
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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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Our world-class neonatal units feature high frequency oscillatory ventilators to minimise lung trauma in premature babies.
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We install alcohol rub dispensers at our facilities to prevent the spread of pathogens.
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Mediclinic is one of the three leading private hospital groups in Southern Africa and the sixth largest private healthcare group in the world.
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Our corridors are 2.3m wide allowing two beds to pass one another without any interference.
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Mediclinic trains more than a thousand nurses annually at training centres throughout Southern Africa.
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You get 20% of the water your body needs from eating fruit and vegetables.
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Our expert breastfeeding advice is based on the principles of the United Nations Children’s Fund and the World Health Organisation.
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Our hospitals are designed to minimise ambient noise to promote sleeping and the healing process.
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Our 24-hour emergency centres feature state-of-the-art life-saving equipment.
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How to manage your child’s COVID-19 anxiety
Children may struggle to communicate how they feel during an ongoing health crisis. Here’s how to recognise signs that they’re anxious and best support them.
Expand your mind during lockdown
Isolation in lockdown needn’t mean brain-freeze. Use this downtime to learn a new skill – or to visit a destination remotely.
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You get 20% of the water your body needs from eating fruit and vegetables.
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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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Mediclinic trains more than a thousand nurses annually at training centres throughout Southern Africa.
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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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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 hospitals did the first minimally invasive transcatheter aortic valve implant procedure in Africa.
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To prevent harmful bacteria being absorbed by mattresses we use protective under sheets made from polypropylene.
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A jumping rope uses almost every muscle in the entire body during exercise.
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The triage admission system in our emergency centres has been able to reduce mortality by up to 50%.
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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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Protect your mental health during the COVID-19 lockdown
In the weeks of social distancing and self-isolation during the COVID-19 lockdown, pay attention to your mental health.
‘We focus on hope’
Cancercare oncology social worker Emerentia Esterhuyse explains her role in a cancer patient’s journey.
Mental illness: A history of treatment
We take a look at the transformation of mental illness treatment in medicine over the centuries as well as the treatment options available at Mediclinic.
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