UCT Department of Anaesthesia and Perioperative Medicine

UCT Department of Anaesthesia and Perioperative Medicine Department of Anaesthesia and Perioperative Medicine at University of Cape Town.

Anaesthesia services are provided to all teaching hospitals affiliated to the University of Cape Town's Faculty of Health Sciences. These include:

New Somerset Hospital, Green Point
Mowbray Maternity Hospital, Mowbray
Valkenberg Psychiatric Hospital, Observatory
2 Military Hospital, Wynberg
Maitland Cottage Hospital, Newlands
Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital, Rondebosch

At the Red Cros

s War Memorial Children's Hospital - the only dedicated children's facility in Sub-Saharan Africa - Paediatric Anaesthesia is provided for children up to the age of 13 years, with special interests in cardiac surgery (including heart transplants), liver transplants and the separation of conjoined twins. The departments of Anaesthesia and Respiratory Medicine (Department of Medicine) jointly manage the Respiratory Intensive Care Unit, dealing with non-cardiac medical, surgical and respiratory patients. The Department of Anaesthesia supports the Surgical Intensive Care Unit (Department of Surgery), the Cardiac Surgery Intensive Care Unit (Cardiothoracic Surgery Division, Department of Surgery) and the multi-discipline Paediatric Intensive Care Unit at Red Cross Children's Hospital.

25/11/2022
Congratulations to Franklin Ndhlovu and Astrid Mbombo for winning the best research and best case report posters at PACS...
14/11/2022

Congratulations to Franklin Ndhlovu and Astrid Mbombo for winning the best research and best case report posters at PACSA 2022.

Lots of folks are interested in oxygen currently - here is a Radio 786 interview with A/Prof Ross Hofmeyr earlier this w...
21/01/2021

Lots of folks are interested in oxygen currently - here is a Radio 786 interview with A/Prof Ross Hofmeyr earlier this week.

South Africa is at risk of an oxygen shortfall as suppliers struggle to keep up with the demand for Covid-19 patients requiring oxygen. Oxygen suppliers for medical use say oxygen consumption for Covi

UCT Anaesthesia's A/Prof Ross Hofmeyr joins an international group of airway experts in unravelling controversies and fi...
30/11/2020

UCT Anaesthesia's A/Prof Ross Hofmeyr joins an international group of airway experts in unravelling controversies and finding the current consensus in challenges to COVID-19 Airway Management in this editorial released today in the BJA: https://authors.elsevier.com/a/1c8yV1dCDgkFb

Senior Registrar Dr Maretha Smit taking time between shifts of helping our patients to show some extra spirit and raise ...
16/05/2020

Senior Registrar Dr Maretha Smit taking time between shifts of helping our patients to show some extra spirit and raise funds for animals taking strain during the COVID-19 pandemic:

Maretha Smit would have run her 5th consecutive Comrades this year, but the COVID-19 pandemic has prevented it; instead, she is doing it at home for charity. &

Our own Assoc Prof Ross Hofmeyr joining an international panel for a free COVID-19 Trauma Care webinar this Thursday. R...
11/05/2020

Our own Assoc Prof Ross Hofmeyr joining an international panel for a free COVID-19 Trauma Care webinar this Thursday. Register via the link here:

21/07/2019
13/07/2019

Spain has now taken the lead in our global survey. Uganda is second and South Africa third. India is much better represented than last week in 4th and the UK is still in fifth. Please continue sharing the survey with your anaesthetic provider colleagues to ensure our country is well represented. Link to the survey: http://is.gd/GAUSS

01/05/2019

Calling all Anaesthetic Providers! No matter were in the world you work, we are interested in you current clinical practice. Please take a few minutes to complete our survey: https://is.gd/GAUSS

Address

University Of Cape Town Department Of Anaesthesia And Perioperative Medicine, Groote Schuur Hospital, Anzio Road
Cape Town
7925

Opening Hours

Monday 08:00 - 16:30
Tuesday 08:00 - 16:30
Wednesday 08:00 - 16:30
Thursday 08:00 - 16:30
Friday 08:00 - 16:30

Telephone

+27214045001

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