Private Cape Town Hospitals

There are many private Cape Town hospitals in and around the Mother City which offer excellent patient care.

Cape Town's private hospitals offer modern facilities and are well equipped. They have motivated and well trained health care practitioners, nurses and doctors.

The private hospitals were also not affected by the public service strike which caused some unrest and a restricted service in state hospitals all over South Africa in the recent months.

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The private Cape Town hospitals often have adjoining medical centers where the specialists have their private practices. The big advantage here is that referrals are usually dealt with quickly and you will not have to wait long for an appointment if you have to see another specialist.

The two largest private hospital groups in Cape Town are Netcare and Medi-Clinic.

Please check out their websites for more info about hospital facilities and to find a doctor in Cape Town for your needs.

Medi-Clinic

Medi-Clinic operates private hospitals in

Constantia, Durbanville, Milnerton, Oranjezicht, Panorama, Strand and Vergelegen.

To find out more about the different hospitals and their facilities here.

If you need a doctor or specialist check out the doctor search function here.

Netcare

The Netcare hospitals group has got five affiliated hospitals in the Cape Town region. These are located in:

Blaauwberg, Christiaan Barnard Memorial Hospital/City Centre, N1 City/Goodwood and Kuils River.

Check out the facilities and services the private Netcare Hospitals offer here.

Life Health Care

Life Healthcare is another one of the big private healthcare providers in South Africa, they have three Life Healthcare member hospitals in Cape Town:

Vincent Pallotti in Pinelands, Life Kingsbury Hospital in Claremont and Life Claremont Hospital.

UCT Private Academic Hospital

This private hospital was opened in 2002 and is incorporating since 2005 the facilities of the Southern Cross Hospital in Wynberg and offers now a brand new kidney and dialysis centre.

Most of the doctors at this hospital are heads of department at the Medical School of the Univcersity of Cape Town and well-renowned specialits.

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