Lenmed Hospitals Rated Top 20

The Lenmed Group is proud to announce that Ethekwini Hospital and Heart Centre & Shifa Private Hospital have both been selected among the Top 20 private hospitals in the country. Considering a count of 140 private hospitals throughout South Africa, this achievement is indeed an honour and a true reflection of the values and ethos we embrace every single day at Lenmed. The results used to calculate each hospitals stats are taken from the annual Discovery Health survey upon a patients discharge and measures the quality of nursing & doctor care, pain management, environment as well as information surrounding medication and discharge.

“We would like to congratulate our hospitals for this achievement. I have always been a firm believer that the best constructive feedback we can receive is directly from the patient, and with the results that have earned us the privilege of been counted in the Top 20, I would like to personally thank each and every person who contributed to our patient experience.” Prakash Devchand, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman.

Ethekwini Hospital and Heart Centre

A unique, ultra-sophisticated and digitally integrated hospital north of Durban. The hospital prides itself on being one of the few in the country which offers a transplant program (Heart, Lung & Kidney) and is the only private hospital in Kwazulu Natal that offers much needed services for Paediatric Cardiac Surgery. The hospital also boasts being voted as one of SA’s top hospitals for 3 consecutive years previously.

As the only hospital with a private Paediatric Cardiac Unit in the region, the hospital also has a 13-member multidisciplinary paediatric team representing 10 specialist disciplines including:

• Paediatric Cardiologist
• Paediatric Endocrinologist
• Paediatric General Surgeon
• Paediatric Nephrologist
• Paediatric Genetics
• Paediatric Cardio Thoracic Surgeon
• General Paediatricians
• Paediatric Haematologist
• Paediatric Neurologist
• Paediatric Pulmonologist

Shifa Private Hospital

Shifa Private Hospital has been serving the community and surrounds of Durban for over 50 years. The hospital boasts a broad range of services and prides itself on its multi-disciplinary approach in the medical field as well as its surgical centre of excellence. The hospital is fully equipped with a 24 hour accident and emergency unit, intensive care units and 3 theatres with the latest state-of-the-art technology. The hospital is always striving to deliver professional and excellent patient care to patients and their loved ones and is currently undergoing extensive refurbishments which will further elevate our patient experience in Lenmed hospitals.