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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To prevent harmful bacteria being absorbed by mattresses we use protective under sheets made from polypropylene.
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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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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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Our hospitals have been awarded international accreditation for best practice in the management of environmental systems and practices.
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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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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 monitor the temperature of our neonatal units as newborn babies are extremely sensitive to temperature change.
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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 hospitals have been awarded international accreditation for best practice in the management of environmental systems and practices.
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Our 24-hour emergency centres feature state-of-the-art life-saving equipment.
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Looking at: wrist sprains and vitamin D intake
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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Our 24-hour emergency centres feature state-of-the-art life-saving equipment.
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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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Most nursing units have windows overlooking gardens to promote healing.
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Mediclinic trains more than a thousand nurses annually at training centres throughout Southern Africa.
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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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A jumping rope uses almost every muscle in the entire body during exercise.
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Our hospitals did the first minimally invasive transcatheter aortic valve implant procedure in Africa.
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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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We install alcohol rub dispensers at our facilities to prevent the spread of pathogens.
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We have backup generators for our backup generators so that we can provide uninterrupted expert care.
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Breast health
Our expert, Dr Phillip Nel, is a general surgeon at Mediclinic Kloof in Pretoria.
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