Overview

In 2014 the long-awaited amalgamation of Life Claremont and Life Kingsbury Hospitals took place, putting this Claremont Hospital in a position to offer its patients an even wider range of excellent health services as well as a holistic healing environment. The excellent facilities and caring staff make it possible to focus on high-quality treatment, whether for routine, more serious, or extensive procedures. 

The hospital has 229 beds, 11 theatres, an accident and emergency unit with a doctor on duty 24/7, as well as state-of-the-art diagnostic and monitoring equipment. New service offering: renal unit providing dialysis treatment to persons living with acute or chronic kidney failure. New technology includes the first da Vinci X robotic surgical system in Africa (to find out more - scroll down to the bottom of this page for Special Services). There is a dedicated team of first-class health professionals at this hospital dedicated to delivering a special brand of healthcare to patients. Through their ongoing quality training, hospital employees are able to deliver excellent healthcare and embrace the principles of empathy, ethics, excellence and empowerment.

Free Advanced Life Support Paramedic Response Vehicle: 0860 123 367

Terms and Conditions

Operational 24/7. Based in Pinelands, covering: Southern Suburbs, Maitland, Salt River, Observatory, Epping, Cape Town CBD, Anywhere else where ALS is urgently required. The Advanced Life Support Paramedic Response Vehicle does not assist in patient transfers, their mandate is to stabilise patient whilst an ambulance is dispatched. 

Click here to watch our explainer video on what to expect during your emergency unit visit.

For visitation exceptions around neonatal ICU and paediatric wards contact the hospital directly or click here for more information. 

To facilitate the patient’s healing and recovery, we believe in integrating the patient’s loved ones into their day. However, in the interest of our patient’s wellbeing, we do enforce visiting times, limitations to the number of visitors per patient, and age restriction regulations for children. Children who are 12 years of age old and in good health are welcome to visit; we encourage children who are younger to wait in the reception area, if they are supervised by an adult. Alternatively, please contact the Unit Manager/Sister in Charge to make arrangements to visit. 

All visitors are required to kindly report to Reception first when visiting outside of these visiting hours. A maximum limit of one visitor per patient (for all wards) is enforced to allow for the privacy of our patients. 

General Wards: GIT, Medical and Surgical 1 to 4

• Afternoons: 15h00 - 16h00
• Evenings: 19h15 - 20h15 

Intensive Care Unit (ICU) and High Care (HC) Unit

• Mornings: 11h00 – 12h00 (At the discretion of the Unit Manager/Sister in Charge)
• Afternoons: 15h00 – 16h00
• Evenings: 19h15 – 20h15
• (Additional visits allowed at the discretion of the Unit Manager/Sister in Charge)
• No children under 12 allowed 

Maternity Ward

• Husband/partner is welcome to visit daily between 08h00 and 20h00 – we do recommend a rest period between 13h00 and 14h00 daily.
• Grandparents only: 11h00 – 12h00
• Afternoons: 15h00 – 16h00
• Evenings: 19h00 – 20h00
• Only children of the patient are allowed to visit.

Neonatal ICU (NICU)

• Parents: open visiting time.
• Grandparents may pay a short visit to their grandchild over weekends between 15h00 and 16h00, at the discretion of the Registered Nurse in charge of the shift.
• We discourage visiting by anyone who is ill, has been ill, or who has been exposed to illness in the past two weeks. Parents who are ill are to inform staff and will be provided with a mask. 

Paediatric Ward

• Afternoons: 15h00 – 16h00
• Evenings: 19h15 – 20h15
• Parents: open visiting time

Medical services

• Bariatric surgery
• Cardio thoracic surgery
• Colorectal surgery
• Diabetes clinic
• Dermatology
• Endocrinology
• ENT Surgery
• Gastroenterology
• Gastro intestinal surgery
• General surgery
• Gynaecology
• Hepatobiliary surgery
• High care
• Intensive care
• Internal medicine
• Maternity & fertility service
• Maxillo-Facial surgery
• Neonatal high care
• Neonatal intensive care
• Nephrology
• Neurology
• Neurosurgery
• Obstetrics
• Ophthalmology
• Orthopaedic surgery
• Paediatrics
• Paediatric high care & intensive care
• Paediatric surgery
• Plastic & reconstructive surgery
• Psychiatry
• Pulmonology
• Renal unit
• Robotic surgery: da Vinci X surgical system (first and only model in Africa)
• Surgical & medical high care & intensive care
• Thoracic surgery
• Urology
• Vascular surgery

Ancillary services shared at the Medical Village

• Biokinetics
• Dietetics
• Foetal assessment
• Fertility treatment
• Nuclear medicine
• Pathology
• Pelvic floor dysfunction unit
• Physiotherapy
• Radiology
• Stomal therapy

New service offerings coming soon: Cathlab and Chemotherapy Unit

Doctors

Contact us

Special Services

Renal Dialysis Unit

Life Kingsbury Hospital has opened a renal dialysis unit to assist patients diagnosed with acute or chronic kidney failure. Our unit is managed by a nephrologist and clinical team to assist and support patients through their treatment plan. 

Dialysis services are offered on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, these include:

• Chronic haemodialysis and haemodiafiltration
• Acute dialysis; and
• Continuous renal replacement therapy 

For more information on how you can access these services, contact the renal dialysis unit on 021 670 4000 or email carmen.loots@lifehealthcare.co.za.

Robotic Surgery 

Quality and patient centered care is at the heart of everything we do, therefore Life Kingsbury Hospital has acquired Africa’s first da Vinci X Robotic Surgical System. This will ensure that our surgical specialists have access to treat patients with the latest technology. The system is powered by innovative robotic technology that allows the surgeon’s hand movements to be translated into smaller, precise movements of tiny instruments inside the patient’s body. The surgeon is 100% in control of the system at all times.

Some of the improved patient outcomes include:

• Excellent cancer control
• Improved functional outcomes
• Less blood loss and fewer transfusions
• Shortened hospital stay
• Less pain
• Lower risk of infection and complications
• Fast recovery and return to normal activities
• Small incisions and less scarring

The da Vinci X Surgical System is typically used for urology, general surgery and gynaecology. For more information, contact the hospital on 021 670 4000, alternatively email Olivia.Carney@lifehealthcare.co.za .

Contact a da Vinci surgeon:

Dr Conray Moolman, Urologist
Email: conraym@gmail.com
Telephone: +27 (0) 21 683 1974

• Prostate
• Kidney
• Registered da Vinci ® Training Surgeon

Dr Malcolm Dewar, Urologist
Email: maldewar@gmail.com
Telephone: +27 (0) 21 683 1974

• Prostate

Bariatric (Obesity) Surgery 

Obesity is a serious condition associated with multiple problems like:

• Heart Attacks
• Strokes
• Diabetes
• High Blood Pressure
• Cancer
• Depression
• Arthritis
• Sleep Disorders

Life Kingsbury Hospital offers bariatric surgery (surgical treatment for morbid obesity) within the context of a multidisciplinary team of medical and paramedical specialists.

The team comprises endocrinologists, critical care physician, dieticians, psychiatrist, clinical psychologist, biokineticist and an accredited laparoscopic bariatric surgeon. A professional nurse serves as the clinic coordinator. The team assesses patients to determine whether surgery is an appropriate treatment option for their obesity and, if so, prepares them for the surgery and assists them with their journey after the surgery.

We are accredited by the South African Society for Surgery, Obesity and Metabolism (SASSO)  and the South African Society of Endoscopic Surgeons (SASES) as a ‘Centre of Excellence’ for bariatric (weight loss) surgery.

Gastric Bypass and Laparoscopic Adjustable Gastric Band (‘Lap Band’) are among the surgical options offered.

For a no obligation consultation or more information, call the Clinic Coordinator, Cathy Brunger, on 021 674 3309 or email catherine.brunger@lifehealthcare.co.za

Palliative Care

Is medical care that focuses on the physical, psychological, and spiritual needs of patients and their loved ones who are living with a life threatening illness.  It runs concurrently with other medical treatments.

What can the palliative care service do for you?

• Treat pain and other symptoms like shortness of breath, fatigue, nausea, depression and anxiety.
• Help you maintain the best quality of life possible. Help you and your family in making difficult decisions by providing answers, assistance and support.
• Help coordinate care with your treatment team.