| The CEO of Lukhanyo, Dr Ashraf Jedaar, announced his group's intention to open 2 more clinics with full in- and outpatient facilities for stress and other emotional problems. |
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Summit Clinic at the new Rondebosch Medical Centre will be fully operative by the end of July 2010 (structural problems). |
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Gordon's Bay Treatment & Rehabilitation Centre , set in the rural ambience of and overlooking False Bay, offers the ideal therapeutic environment for patients recuperating from stressful experiences.. |
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Welcome to our Website Who/What is Lukhanyo ? It is a team of professional mental health providers serving the community of Cape Town, South Africa, see http://www.lukhanyo.co.za/services.htm for further details. Its name Lukhanyo is a Xhosa word describing the place where the sun rises, and which also symbolises the place of hope and healing in African tradition. |
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DEMOCRATIC HEALTH PRACTICE This year Cape Town, South Africa, celebrates the 11th anniversary of the birth of its own mental health facility, Lukhanyo Clinic, which was a direct outflow of the process of democratization and hailed at its launch, as a triumph for democratic health practice in South Africa! |
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TRANSFORMATION accommodating professionally qualified healthcare workers of the formerly disadvantaged community integrating the expertise of all role-players in mental healthcare (psychiatrists, clinical psychologists, social workers, occupational therapists, and allied health workers) through effective teamwork/networking applying the unwritten principles of compassion and empathy in therapy, supported by creative motivational activities. |
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August 2004 the Wynberg clinic moved to a homely new premises at 54 Broad Road, Wynberg. Medical practitioners and hospitals are increasing referring their patients to Lukhanyo for specialised, professional assessments and treatment. Lukhanyo is currently operating from 3 premises: the head-quarters in Wynberg, Lukhanyo Health Centre at 42 Plein Street, Eerste River and at the new Promenade Mall (Mitchell's Plain). Contact: (021) 7620223/4 A household name in the field of forensic psychiatry, serving the needs of the abused/oppressed in domestic & istitutionalised violence & serious crime. Dr Ashraf Jedaar, our resident psychiatrist, appears regularly in the courts of law in South Africa as specialist psychiatrist consultant. |
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Western Cape opens new multi-million rand treatment centre for victims of substance abuse (KENSINGTON TREATMENT CENTRE)
In April 2009 the out-going Premier for the Western Cape, Ms Lynn Brown handed over a new treatment facility for victims of substance abuse to the CEO of Lukhanyo Clinic to provide the services, following its successful tender bid. Dr Ashraf Jedaar, officially admitted the first patients in June and to-date (Dec.2009) the staff tearfully said farewell to their 120th patient, confident that they are ready to return to their families.
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On 16 June 2010 the current Premier of the Western Cape Government officially opened the first rehabilitation centre in the province to exclusively target young people between the ages of 13 and 18. Mrs Helen Zille noted that this new approach was "a shift in policy emphasis towards preventing the development of chronic addiction, substance use disorders, mental illness and criminality. It is designed to treat people with substance use disorders early in their lives, to give them a chance to recover, carry on with their education and psychological development, and become healthy, responsible adults..." An excited and enthusiastic Dr Jedaar at KTC is currently preparing the staff to admit the first 40 patients on 1 August 2010. Read the official opening statement by clicking on report. |
The Lukhanyo Team dedicates this website to the service of mental health and invites similar community-spirited organisations and mental health practices to submit their links and/or articles/advice to enhance the quality of healthcare provision in our young country and the global community.. . see papers / links.....
