Author: Thomas Okes
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Attitude, gratitude, resilience and recovery
Posted on 16 January 2022
By Dr Deon Tredoux, physician: Mediclinic Hermanus As everyone involved in clinical medicine would have encountered, the attitude and will to recover play a major part in a critically sick
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COVID-19 surges: an honest picture
Posted on 25 January 2021
Mediclinic’s clinical data gives crucial insight into the challenge we all face in managing the second surge of COVID-19.
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Stay safe during SA’s next COVID-19 surge
Posted on 11 January 2021
As we face another surge in the spread of coronavirus disease, many of the lessons we learnt in March 2020 still apply. Now is the time for renewed vigilance. Shortly
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A personalised approach to breast cancer treatment
Posted on 26 October 2020
According to Dr Marilize Truter, General Surgeon at Mediclinic Midstream, breast cancer is the most common cancer diagnosed among women, besides skin cancer. It also has a lifetime risk of 1 in 25 in South Africa, according to the 2016 National Cancer Registry.
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Dr Gawie Bruwer performs 500th robotic radical prostatectomy
Posted on 21 July 2020
Recently Dr Gawie Bruwer from Mediclinic Durbanville performed the 500th robotic radical prostatectomy using the da Vinci Surgical System.
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Infection Prevention and Control: Working towards the irreducible minimum
Posted on 27 June 2019
With the Infection Prevention and Control programme, Mediclinic takes an evidence-based, practical approach to reduce the spread of multidrug resistant microorganisms and reduce hospital acquired infections. Dr Warren Lowman, who
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Infection control in the hospital setting
Posted on 25 June 2019
Infection prevention is a key performance indicator at all Mediclinic hospitals. Sally Wolf, Infection Control Manager: Mediclinic Constantiaberg, explains how a comprehensive in-hospital strategy brings all units and staff members
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Mediclinic SA’s infection control philosophy
Posted on 18 June 2019
Mediclinic Southern Africa considers infection control a key priority – and innovative measures to reduce the spread of bacteria are now paying off. Healthcare-associated infections continue to pose a risk
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