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What is Care Expert?

Care Expert is Mediclinic’s new value-based care model for patients who need hip and knee surgery – and helps bring together multiple facets of treatment into a streamlined, team-led journey.

Covid-19

Better normal

Mediclinic’s patient-first philosophy is evolving, with a number of next-generation, digital-first initiatives designed to ensure an integrated, accessible, value-based treatment journey. Welcome to our better normal.

Covid-19

Here for you

Since March 2020, Mediclinic hospitals across Southern Africa have rallied to fight a new and at times mysterious disease. Here are some COVID-19 recovery stories from Mediclinic hospitals.

Covid-19

CARE. COURAGE. COMPASSION.

Nimmi Biswardutt is a nurse at Mediclinic Pietermaritzburg. When she was diagnosed with COVID-19, she felt what it was like to be cared for – and why it makes a difference.

Babies (up to 1 year)

A medical miracle: Cayden Pillay’s story

“From the moment we fell pregnant with Cayden, we felt he was special. We didn’t know he would become a medical miracle”

DID YOU KNOW?

  • Most nursing units have windows overlooking gardens to promote healing.
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  • We use the internationally recognised Oxford Vermont Network to keep our neonatal critical care units at the forefront of paediatric medicine.
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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 place oxygen-releasing, toxin-absorbing plants, like Sanseviera Trifasciata, around our hospitals.
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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 baby weighing 390g survived thanks to the expertise of Mediclinic’s highly qualified paediatric staff and specialists.
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  • Mediclinic has the highest number of internationally accredited facilities in 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 corridors are 2.3m wide allowing two beds to pass one another without any interference.
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  • To ensure sterility, our surgical instruments are twice wrapped in sterile fabric.
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Babies (up to 1 year)

Vaccination myths busted

Whether to vaccinate or not to vaccinate is one of the biggest questions many parents grapple with. We bust 6 common vaccination myths below.

Magazine

Pregnant, with a meningioma brain tumour

Pregnant with her first child Masechaba had a meningioma brain tumour, but she didn’t know it yet.

DID YOU KNOW?

  • 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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  • Our hospitals are designed to minimise ambient noise to promote sleeping and the healing process.
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  • Most nursing units have windows overlooking gardens to promote healing.
    #MediclinicFacts
  • 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 24-hour emergency centres feature state-of-the-art life-saving equipment.
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  • You get 20% of the water your body needs from eating fruit and vegetables.
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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 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 have been awarded international accreditation for best practice in the management of environmental systems and practices.
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Babies (up to 1 year)

What was that? The impact of hearing loss

Hearing loss can affect anyone, young or old.

Children (1 to 12 years)

A remarkable patient, a determined doctor

Angelique Schroder, born with symbrachydactyly, is living proof that where there is a will, there is a way.

Babies (up to 1 year)

Step by Step: Treating clubfoot with the Ponseti Method

A growing number of orthopaedic specialists are using a new form of treatment to help children who are born with clubfoot.

Emergency

Clockwork – The Craig Scott story

When Craig Scott collapsed due to heat illness during a mountain bike race in November 2018, he was miles from the nearest hospital. Minutes from a heart attack. At the mercy of a miracle. 

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