"In today’s day and age, we often hear and see reports in the media where things go horribly wrong in hospitals. I, however, would like to make mention of the super way in which our situation was handled by people within your hospital… Our 4-week-old son recently had kidney failure and was transferred to Zuid-Afrikaans Hospital. Not having ever had any dealings with ZAH, I was initially apprehensive." - Ferdinando & Louis’e Pulella.
- Specialized Units
Cardiovascular Unit
An ultra-modern, state-of-the-art Cardiovascular Unit is the latest addition to the Zuid-Afrikaans Hospital. The unit has a catheterization laboratory (‘cath lab’) equipped with a Siemens Biplane flat panel detector C-Arm system that is used for cardiology, children’s cardiology, angiograms and vascular stent procedures. Two specialized cardio-thoracic and vascular theatres allow for any type of cardio-thoracic or vascular procedure. Adjacent to the cath lab and thoracic theatres is a dedicated Intensive Care Unit (ICU), which accommodates 9 beds for cardiology patients and 9 beds for surgical patients. Please click here for a list of specialists in this field at the Zuid-Afrikaans Hospital.
New and upgraded 24-Hour Emergency Unit
The 24-Hour Emergency Unit at the Zuid-Afrikaans Hospital is now equipped to handle any type of medical emergency. Medical professionals, qualified in emergency medicine, are on hand 24 hours a day to handle emergencies, including chest pain and heart attacks. New facilities include a resuscitation room, in which immediate referral to and treatment by specialists takes place. Click here for contact details.
New and upgraded Intensive/High Care Unit
The Zuid-Afrikaans Hospital now boasts an impressive 22 ICU beds and 5 High Care beds. In addition to the 18 dedicated ICU beds situated next to the Cardiovascular Unit, the existing 9-bed Intensive/High Care Unit has been upgraded and equipped with the best and latest monitors, ventilators and equipment. It is now a multi-disciplinary unit, able to handle any type of intensive care needed. On top of this, and in line with the Hospital’s vision of high-quality patient care, the patient-nurse ratio remains at 1:1 for all 22 ICU beds. Standards are kept extremely high and, in line with this, the Zuid-Afrikaans Hospital currently provides the opportunity for ICU nurses’ training in conjunction with the University of Pretoria, with in-house training and a clinical facilitator who checks standards on a full-time basis.
VISITING HOURS INTENSIVE/HIGH CARE UNITS Daily 11:00 – 20:00 Children under 12 only with permission.
Excellent Paediatric Intensive/High Care Unit
Our Paediatric Intensive Care Unit is a very special unit with 3 beds. Our well-established team of nurses is excellently qualified to nurse very ill children and give the emotional support that parents need.
VISITING HOURS PAEDIATRIC INTENSIVE CARE UNIT Parents only 11:00 – 12:00 15:00 – 15:30 19:00 – 19:30 Only parents and no children under 12.
- Specialized Units 
