update 24 May 2011
In Claremont and Fish Hoek , Cape Town
A Specialist Internist Clinic offers consultations by appointment especially for managing (and ideally preventing) the major chronic degenerative diseases of aging and maintaining physical, mental (and why not sexual?) vigour to a ripe and healthy old age.
The clinic (a specialist physician and a nutritionalist) offers all-system evaluation and if available, natural (as well as essential prescription orthrodox) prevention/treatment including metabolic – weight-endocrine-diabetes; heart-lung -kidney; hypertension; neurological-pain; joint & muscle; abdominal, immune system ie infection and cancer and auto-immune support; genito-urinary & sexual problems;
and appropriate screening – ECG, non-xray ( no-touch thermography- eg thermomammogram; SureTouch tactile) mammograms, non-xray (ie ultrasound) BMD ie bone fracture risk measurement, body composition, and appropriate hormone profiling/replacement.
Phone during office hours for appointment: for Claremont or Fish Hoek ph 021-6717415 or 6831465 (or 083-6299160) – at Grove Medical Bldg 1st floor no 15 (opp ABSA Bank Parkade c/o Grove Ave Pearce Rd) , or neil.burman@gmail.com ; or at Fish Hoek enquire of Coral : 782-2024 or kilbaigie@mweb.co.za; or consultation by telephone/Skype or email .
HOURS: by appt: Claremont: 9am-5pm weekdays, 9am-1pm Saturdays.
Fish Hoek: “Hove To” Specialist Rooms c/o 3rd Ave/Kommetjie Rd – on the 2nd Tuesday after the 2nd Friday each month – 9am -1pm if there are enough bookings to justify a clinic there.
Urgent cases will be dealt with if practical. But acute emergencies and trauma, bleeding cases cannot be dealt- these must go to the Emergency Unit at Claremont Clinic 500m away. .
Billing according to means ie specialist professional rates: eg as a preferred provider for Discovery Health- rate currently R626.70 per consultation procedure 019; for needy patients, what the medical scheme pays eg R360. Detailed medical report and advice protocol provided at R300. Even Hospital Plans have to pay for outpatient consultation for scores of PMBs ie Prescribed Medical benefit conditions like Menopause.
Needy patients desiring brief consultation can be seen by arrangement at GP rate. Bone density scan (covered by some medical schemes) procedure 3612 - R250. Non-xray mammograms are not yet covered by medical schemes codes: R300 for SureTouch, R600 for thermomammogram.
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