Your check-up – BMI
It’s important to check your BMI, ensuring you’re not over (or under) weight.
Your check-up – prostate exam
The prostate exam is a routine check-up – here’s what you need to know about it.
Your check-up – Pap smear
Some routine check-ups are essential. Here’s what you need to know about a Pap smear.
Your check-up – cholesterol
A routine check-up is quick and easy – and essential for your long-term health. We look at how investing a little time in your health today can add years to your future by taking one simple test.
Bone density tests and preventing osteoporosis
our experts explain what to expect when having a bone density test as well as lifestyle changes you can make to reduce your risk.
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Our 24-hour emergency centres feature state-of-the-art life-saving equipment.
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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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Our hospitals are designed to minimise ambient noise to promote sleeping and the healing process.
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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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Trauma patients with a critically low temperature will often be wrapped in a space blanket to reduce heat loss.
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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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Our corridors are 2.3m wide allowing two beds to pass one another without any interference.
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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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You get 20% of the water your body needs from eating fruit and vegetables.
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As South Africans we’re lucky to be living in a country where the sun (almost) always shines. But what does that mean for our vitamin D intake?
Your check-up – blood pressure
A routine check-up is quick and easy – and essential for your long-term health.
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Mediclinic trains more than a thousand nurses annually at training centres throughout Southern Africa.
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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 Cape Town is accredited as a mother and baby friendly institution, having scored 100% at a recent external review.
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A baby weighing 390g survived thanks to the expertise of Mediclinic’s highly qualified paediatric staff and specialists.
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Our 24-hour emergency centres feature state-of-the-art life-saving equipment.
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We have backup generators for our backup generators so that we can provide uninterrupted expert care.
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We install alcohol rub dispensers at our facilities to prevent the spread of pathogens.
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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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The only one in Africa and one of only 13 in the world, the P-I BrÅnemark Institute of Excellence at Mediclinic Morningside, specialises in facial reconstruction.
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We use a yacht-mast design for our cabling and keep it safely wound up in our trauma pedestals to avoid any accidents.
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Breast health
Our expert, Dr Phillip Nel, is a general surgeon at Mediclinic Kloof in Pretoria.
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