Our Hospitals

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.

 

Telephone
043 707 9000
Email
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.

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
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 Mike Webb 043 422 0110
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 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 Lulamile Jamjam 043 742 0090
Dr Mike Webb 043 743 7582
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

Hospital Manager

Musa Madonsela

Physical address

45 St. Marks Road
Southernwood
East London
5201

Postal address

P O Box 11187
Southernwood
5213

Telephone

043 707 9000

Fax

043 722 3250

Email

Chrissie.stewart@lifehealthcare.co.za

Map

Life St Dominic’s Hospital