Understanding your child’s fine motor skills
Each child is unique and develops at a different rate. However, there are certain fine motor skill milestones that need to be reached to ensure your child’s healthy development.
How to reconnect as new parents
When baby arrives, everything changes. Here’s how to adjust to your new normal.
Together – Brandon Grant
Today, Brandon Grant is 18 months old – a happy, smiling, bouncing little boy. But for his first nine months, he lived in intensive care, fighting for his life.
Inside the NICU
The Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) is a specialised space designed to keep your preterm baby safe, warm and well fed under expert care.
Liquid gold: The benefits of breast milk
Breast milk is not just food for baby – it provides potent health-giving properties for mom, too.
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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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You get 20% of the water your body needs from eating fruit and vegetables.
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Our hospitals did the first minimally invasive transcatheter aortic valve implant procedure in Africa.
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Mediclinic uses building materials that reduce background noise for minimal disturbance.
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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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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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A baby has a 70% better chance of surviving a motor vehicle accident if in a secure car seat and properly restrained.
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An orange has over 170 different phytonutrients and more than 60 flavonoids, providing anti-inflammatory, anti-tumour and blood clot-inhibiting effects.
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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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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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Everything you need to know about vaccinations
Regular vaccinations play a crucial role in keeping your child infection-free. Dr Evan Shoul, an Infectious Disease specialist at Wits Donald Gordon Medical Centre Mediclinic, explains further.
Baby brain development: What’s happening inside that little head?
The first three years of your baby’s life are crucial for brain development. This means it’s a time of great opportunity.
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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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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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Mediclinic trains more than a thousand nurses annually at training centres throughout Southern Africa.
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An orange has over 170 different phytonutrients and more than 60 flavonoids, providing anti-inflammatory, anti-tumour and blood clot-inhibiting effects.
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Our 24-hour emergency centres feature state-of-the-art life-saving equipment.
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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 has the highest number of internationally accredited facilities in Southern Africa.
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Our hospitals did the first minimally invasive transcatheter aortic valve implant procedure in Africa.
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Immunisations save lives and help stop diseases from spreading.
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Talk to me, baby
Syllable by syllable, your baby’s language skills develop slowly at first. Stimulating your child will encourage them to learn, and help prevent language delays.
First aid for babies
Treating babies and toddlers at the Emergency Centre can be tricky, since they can’t verbalise their ailment. But with a little knowledge of what to do – and what to
The science and significance of sleep
Getting your newborn or toddler to sleep through the night is a goal for all new parents, but there’s much more to sleep than an unbroken night’s rest. On a
This is how your hearing changes as you age
Ever noticed how older people don’t hear so well, while some children hear perfectly well, but never listen? Science shows how our hearing develops – and then slowly degenerates – as we age.
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