Life St Dominic's Hospital
Overview
Centrally located in Southernwood, East London, Life St Dominic’s Hospital is a first-class 211-bed facility. Whether for routine, more serious or extensive procedures, the teams at Life St Dominic’s Hospital are focused on the delivery of high-quality treatment and special, unique standards of care. There is a dedicated focus on heart health, and our cardiac centre offers up-to-date and comprehensive cardiology and cardio-thoracic services in beautiful, up-market facilities. The highly experienced, multi-disciplinary team of healthcare professionals and state-of-the-art technology will continue to ensure that we provide the best possible specialist cardiac service to the Border-Kei region. The priority here is to focus on the delivery of a special brand of health and care that will improve and impact the lives of our patients and visitors.
Life St Dominic’s Hospital has four intensive care units catering for both medical and surgical patients. Surgical interventions include orthopaedic and general surgery.
Our 24-hour accident and emergency unit is newly built and equipped to handle emergencies of any kind, ranging from polytrauma to minor ailments which are treated in the new primary care clinic.
The hospital boasts complementary services that enhance the medical and surgical specialities and ensure a continuum of care for our patients.
This includes:
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a 28-bed Life Rehabilitation unit for patients disabled by traumatic brain injury, stroke, spinal cord injury and other disabling conditions.
- Telephone
- 043 707 9000
- Chrissie.stewart@lifehealthcare.co.za
- Physical address
- 45 St. Marks Road, Southernwood, East London, 5201
- GPS
- -32.992226 : 27.902611
- Hospital Manager
- Musa Madonsela
- Visiting Hours
We know how important the presence of your loved ones is when you are ill, so our visiting times are:
General wards: 11:00 to 12:00 and 14:00 to 20:00 daily.
Intensive Care Unit : 11:00 to 12:00, 15:00 to 16:00 and 19:00 to 20:00
Only one visitor per patient at a time.
Life Rehabilitation Unit:
- Monday – Friday 16:00 – 20:00
- Saturday 14:30 – 20:00
- Sunday 10:00 – 20:00
Visiting remains restricted in areas where we are treating COVID-19 positive patients.
Medical services
- Cardiac surgery
- Dermatology
- General surgery
- Internal medicine
- Oncology
- Orthopaedic surgery
- Pathology
- Radioisotope laboratory
- Radiology
- Surgical gastroenterology
- Thoracic surgery
Ancillary services
- Dietetics
- Pharmacy
Doctors
| Cardio-thoracic surgeon | |
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| Dr Johan Dreyer | 043 743 4075 |
| Cardiologist(s) | |
| Dr David Kettles | 043 743 2345 |
| Dr Goran Ignjatovic | 043 743 2282 |
| Dr Wayne Lubbe | 043 722 5992 |
| Clinical Haematologist | |
| Dr Gideon Ruder | 043 422 0444 |
| Surgical Gastroenterologist | |
| Dr Vimal Nair | 082 858 2281 |
| Specialist Surgeons(s) | |
| Dr Langa Nqwena | 043 743 4567 |
| Dr Mbulelo Renene | 043 743 7872 |
| Dr Neil Comley | 043 743 4567 |
| Dr Sheridan Santhia | 043 743 4567 |
| Dr Monde Mjoli (Gastroenterologist, Colorectal Surgeon, general surgeon and specialist surgeon) | 043 743 7872 |
| Dr Juan Gouws | 043 743 4567 |
| Dr Pierre Mouton | 043 743 4567 |
| Nephrologists(s) | |
| Dr Kubern Govender | 043 743 1686 |
| Dr Siviwe Ndamase | 043 743 1686 |
| Dr Khaya Shweni | 043 743 1686 |
| Clinical Radiation Oncologist | |
| Dr Zukiswa Jafta | 043 721 0716 |
| Oncologist(s) | |
| Dr Sanele Kunene | 043 722 1222 |
| Dr Jonathan Naude | 043 722 1222 |
| Dr Sibahle Ndamase | 043 722 1222 |
| Orthopaedic surgeon(s) | |
| Dr Cornie Herbst | 043 722 3394 |
| Dr Frans Fourie | 043 722 4700 |
| Dr Jacobus Daniel (Niel) Bruwer | 043 722 3394 |
| Dr Prince Jada | 043 422 0454 |
| Dr Niekie Jansen van Rensburg | 043 722 1036 | 087 291 5453 | 087 291 5454 |
| Dr Pierre Louw | 043 743 2805 |
| Dr Pedro Sanchez | 043 722 0555 |
| Dr Willem Viviers | 043 722 1755 |
| Physician(s) | |
| Dr Alan Koopowitz | 043 743 7582 |
| Dr Gideon Ruder | 043 422 0444 |
| Dr Lulamile Jamjam | 043 742 0090 |
| Dr Michael Webb | 043 422 0444 |
| Dr Lungile Mbalekwa | 043 742 0090 |
| Dr Tersia Van Heerden | 043 422 0444 |
| Dr Siyabonga Mbijekana | 043 743 7872 |
| Dr Nthuthu Lufundo | 043 722 1380 |
| Dr Zoleka Mafuya | 043 722 3311 |
| Dr Fezekile Mgwedli | 043 722 1320 |
| Physician and Gastroenterologist | |
| Dr Siya Mahlasela | 064 675 0939 |
Contact us
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Hospital Manager |
Musa Madonsela |
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Physical address |
45 St. Marks Road |
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Postal address |
P O Box 11187 |
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Telephone |
043 707 9000 |
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Fax |
043 722 3250 |
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