South Africa
- Why South Africa?
- Doctors Accreditation
- Hospital and Clinic
- Travel and Accommodation
- Sightseeing, Restaurants and Shopping
Why South Africa?
South Africa draws many cosmetic & medical surgery patients from all over the world, and thanks to the South African Rand which has been in our favour for quite some time, it makes travelling there very desirable. The clinics and hospitals are superior and coupled with a holiday of a life time this is one of our most popular destinations.
The hospital and clinic's are amongst the finest in the world, with the most up to date equipment and facilities. It's progressive in its approach to surgery, after all this is where Christian Barnard pioneered the first ever heart transplant. The surgery is superior as is the aftercare.
The animals are exotic, the shopping fantastic, and the pound goes a long way. The currency, the rand lost more than a third of its value last year, due to the unrest in Zimbabwe. The weak rand makes cosmetic surgery affordable.
Doctors Accreditation
All surgeons are carefully researched and hospitals and clinics visited before we refer any of our clients to their services.
South African surgeons and medical staff work to extremely high standards in state of the art clinics with the latest cutting edge equipment. It takes 10 years to qualify as a surgeon involving 4 years at medical school followed by 4 years cosmetic surgery training. The student will then work for 2 years as an assistant surgeon working in their chosen specialist field.
The Health Professions Council of South Africa is the official statutory registering body of the Republic of South Africa. All practices and surgeons belong to this body and are tasked to work within a single framework. All of our surgeons are registered with The South African Medical Association and The Association of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgeons of South Africa which works towards ensuring the highest quality patient care and maintains professional and ethical standards.
Hospital and Clinic
All Hospitals and Clinics are located centrally to allow easy access to amenities, restaurants, shopping districts and hotels. The facilities are owned and operated by Network Healthcare Holdings Ltd which runs 44 private hospitals and specialist units throughout South Africa. Netcare is committed to maintaining the highest quality standards in patient care and treatment.
Travel and Accommodation
We can highly recommend The Courtyard Hotel in Johannesburg and Cape Town. These hotels are classed as 4 Star and within walking distance of the Hospital and Clinics. Due to the number of clients that we have stay there, we have a very good working relationship with them, which means they give our clients very competitive room rates.
All flights are from Heathrow direct to Cape Town and Johannesburg.
Book on-line:
- www.flysaa.com - South African Airways
- www.ba.com – British Airways - telephone bookings 0870 8509850
Sightseeing, Restaurants and Shopping
Johannesburg
Is an African city that works, the phones dial, the lights switch on, you can drink the water, they speak English, and you drive on the same side of the road as we do! The time difference is no more than 2 hours. Most things will cost you half of what it costs in England, Don't expect a hardhearted concrete jungle, visitors are surprised at how attractive it is. It is the world's largest "artificial jungle" with 1.2 million trees.
Rosebank & Sandton, where we will be staying, has a brand new city feel about it, crammed with glitzy shopping malls, with no building over 30 years old.
Cape Town
Melting pot of Cultures. One of the top 10 tourist destinations in the world. Cape Town with its Mediterranean climate, green and lush landscape, a wealth of history, beauty and culture.
Once you are ready to indulge in you beautiful surrounding, there are no end of places to visit, so why not stay a little longer, the city is wonderfully green, dolphins and whales stop in the many small bays along the coastline.
