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The Obese ED Patient

In this modern era where human rights, political correctness and “anything goes” enjoy front row seats in our human society, coupled with the ever-increasing litigious tendency among people, I am not surprised that the medical fraternity is sometimes tiptoeing around the sensitive issue of obesity. Although very anecdotal, I have found that in our Emergency Practice here at Zuid Afrikaans Hospital, this subject is rarely touched upon or sometimes, even completely ignored in the appropriate patient population.

The Effect of Covid on Doctors

A bit about myself...

My name is Dr Coert Gous. I have been working in the field of Emergency Medicine for the better part of 17 years. After 11 years of studying, one year working under the guidance of Prof. Gert Saayman and my good friend Dr Servaas Rossouw in the Dept of Forensic Medicine, and another 2 years in the Department of Emergency Medicine at Steve Biko Academic Hospital under Prof. Dries Engelbrecht, I eventually ended up here at the beautiful Zuid Afrikaans Hospital as the Director of the Emergency Unit since 2008 where I have been practicing the Art of Emergency Medicine ever since.

Covid-19 Website Advice for our People

The statistics regarding the Covid-19 pandemic is well known and widely distributed in the media. Most of the medical information with regards to the treatment and management of patients infected by the virus focuses very much on the 20% of the patients who are either very ill or severely sick and needs admission.

Seek help early, avoid Covid fear

The Covid-19 pandemic is not only trending on every form of media and social media out there but is currently also a huge factor patients consider when it comes to their help-seeking behaviour for all other medical and surgical conditions.

Contact

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Address: Zuid-Afrikaans Hospital, 255 Bourke Street, Muckleneuk, Pretoria

Services

All adults over the age of 18 should be screened and examined regularly by a primary care physician as part of their health regimen.

Women's Health

Women have a unique set of health care challenges and are at higher risk of developing certain conditions and diseases than men. Some of the leading causes of death for women include heart disease, cancer, and diabetes, all of which could potentially be treated or prevented if identified early enough.

Women's health includes a wide range of specialties and focus areas, such as:

Reproductive Health
Hormonal Health
Sexual Health
Preventative Medicine - Pap smears/Mammograms

Men's Health

To help men better with their health we provide quality care for conditions that affect men of all ages. We use the latest methods, research and technology to deliver world class, affordable care that is tailored to fit your individual needs.

Men's health is a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being, as experienced by men, and not merely the absence of disease. Differences in men's health compared to women's can be attributed to biological factors, behavioural factors, and social factors.

Men's health includes a wide range of specialties and focus areas, such as:

Hormonal Health
Testicular/Prostate Health
Sexual Health
Preventative Medicine

Insurance Medicals

We perform insurance medicals and produce all results within 48 hours.

Insurance Medicals includes a wide range of specialties and focus areas, such as:

Life Insurance Health Checks
Short Medicals
Stress/ECG/Blood Work
Lung Functions Test

Executive Medicals

Through a team of highly experienced specialists with access to the newest health and wellness technology, our executive medicals are a personalised experience that offers people support in all aspects of mental and physical well-being by tailoring our medicals to our clients based on their individual health risk profiles.

Executive medicals offers a wide range of examinations and tests in different medical specialities and focus areas.

General Practitioner

You don’t need to have an emergency to have a GP visit with us. Pick up the phone and make an appointment.

Our Centre offers patients initial and ongoing medical care. They make diagnoses of physical and mental ailments, illnesses, and injuries and recommend medications and other forms of treatment to maintain or restore good health while taking into account social, emotional, and physical variables.

About

Our leadership is defined by our unique culture and a dedication to giving outstanding patient care.

Our ambition is to set a new benchmark for patient care. We will work with our doctors and key strategic partners to deliver new and innovative ways of delivering care across emergency, critical care and day to day doctor visits.

Patients will continue to benefit via new models of care, expanded clinical services and innovation for which our Acute & Critical Care Centre of Excellence is renowned for.

Every Patient Matters

We work with you to provide a great care experience and strive to keep you safe when you are in our care.

At the Acute & Critical Care Centre of Excellence, we enable our workforce to grow, develop and succeed; motivated by our purpose; every patient matters.

About Dr Coert Gous

dr coert gouws At the helm of Acute & Critical Care Centre of Excellence, CEO and founder Dr Coert Gous has a wealth of experience and knowledge of the industry and that becomes apparent when you look at his impressive list of achievements and education.

Dr Gous matriculated in 1994 and completed his Science degree (BSc.) majoring in the subjects of Human Physiology, Immunology, Human Genetics and Biochemistry at the University of Pretoria in 1998.

Six years later, in 2004, he completed his medical degree (MBChB) at the University of Pretoria. He subsequently obtained his Diploma in Forensic Medicine and Pathology (DipForMed(SA)Pat at the College of Medicine of South Africa, and he continued his studies at UNISA by completing a Certificate in Medicine and Law (Cert. Medicine and Law) in 2006.

Dr Gous believes that lifelong learning is important, in order to stay ahead of the fast-moving medical industry, and he has completed the following Emergency courses over the last 16 years:

ATLS x 2A
CLS x5 (Prof. W Kloeck, Claassen & Claassen etc)
ACLS EP x3 (Claassen & Claassen)
PALS x2 (Claassen & Claassen etc)
ANLS x1 (Prof. W Kloeck)
AMLS x2 (Prof. W Kloeck)
Several Advanced and Difficult Airway Courses

Courses done over the last 2 years (2021 and 2022):

ACLS EP
AMLS
FCCS
ePoCUS

Dr Gous is someone who understands the value of customer service and the importance of listening to his patients. Understanding patient needs is something he considers to be an essential component of ensuring customer satisfaction and performance.

Every patient and family have different and unique needs. Coert’s goal is to design a bespoke individual treatment plan in order to help each and every one of his patients to achieve the best possible outcome, and does everything within his ability to ensure that his patients attain the results they are after.

Home

This friendly, welcoming emergency centre has delivered years of exceptional healthcare and innovation.

We are committed to our vision of creating the best care experiences for the communities we serve. We are always working to improve the care experience for everyone involved and reach our maximum potential together. Our top priority is to provide the utmost highest patient care to our ever-growing community. We provide a range of services on-site and easy access to specialists.

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