Healthcare for Women
Medfem – An Exclusive Private Healthcare Option Just for Women
Despite being members of the same species, anatomy, physiology, and healthcare requirements differ significantly between human males and females. Until quite recently, however, the only concession to those differences made by healthcare establishments was to allocate hospitalised males and females to separate wards. In an innovative move by the Intercare Group, that has now changed with the introduction of its Medfem concept.
Currently limited to a single facility in the Johannesburg suburb of Bryanston, this is a hospital with a difference. Intercare has gone the extra mile to provide all the many specialised healthcare services commonly required by women under a single roof. Although women-only hospitals are not a new concept on the world stage, there are few clinics of this size that are sufficiently well-equipped and staffed to provide the extensive array of services available from Medfem hospital.
The facility is a typical practical application of the group’s primary mission to develop an integrated, patient-centric, and cost-effective healthcare model for the South African market. Like Intercare’s primary-care centres and day hospitals, this ladies-only clinic embraces the same concept of providing a one-stop-shop that has proved to be so effective for the world’s leading retailers. The clinic has accommodation for 21 patients and boasts two operating theatres, in addition to a procedure room. Each of these is equipped with the state-of-the-art equipment and technology that is essential for the operation of a multidisciplinary facility such as Medfem.
For the patients who choose to attend this specialised Intercare facility, there is the option of gynaecological services, cosmetic surgery or assisted reproduction treatments; the latter as a result of integration with the group’s dedicated fertility clinic. Recognised throughout the world for its successes in the field of reproductive medicine, the clinic was involved in many of the nation’s first IVF babies and its treatments have since been instrumental in the successful conception of more than 16 000 babies. This achievement alone has served to make the Medfem clinic one of the most sought-after destinations in South Africa for women with fertility problems.
Unfortunately, along with healthy bouncing babies, one of the legacies of childbirth is sometimes a complication of the female reproductive system. For such contingencies, the clinic’s gynaecologists are on hand to perform procedures ranging from colposcopy, cone biopsies, dilation, and curettage to laparotomy, hysterectomy, and oophorectomy, amongst others.
By contrast, for those who might wish to improve their physical shape in some way, the Medfem hospital also offers the services of skilled cosmetic surgeons. They are able to assist patients with abdominoplasty, mastoplasty, or breast augmentation and reduction. Book an appointment via Intercare’s quick and easy online booking system today.