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WHO / WHAT  IS   LUKHANYO  ?

 

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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TODAY'S  HEALTH  NEWS

 

PressTV: 6 February 2012

Researchers at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit suggest diabetic women check up their hearing saying that high blood sugar levels can cause hearing loss.

"Sugar intake should be regulated’

PressTV: 5 February 2012

Experts suggest that sugar consumption should be regulated by tax and implementing new laws like other toxic substances such as tobacco.

 

Breastfed children have stronger lungs

PressTV: 5 February 2012

Breastfed children have better lung function and are at a lower risk of developing asthma even if their mothers suffer from the disease.

 

ARTICLE (Articles Page)

 

Green tea drinkers show less disability with age: study

 

 

DEDICATION

 

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

Tel. 0217620223 / 4

 

Email: lukhanyo@mweb.co.za

                Head Office: 

      54 Broad Road, Wynberg, Cape

 

 

 

SUMMIT PSYCHIATRIC  CLINIC  OPENS  IN  RONDEBOSCH MEDICAL CENTRE (RMC)

 

Residents in the Southern suburbs of Cape Town and the adjoining  Cape Flats welcomed the  opening of  Summit Clinic,  a full-time mental health facility in Rondebosch.

 

LOCATION

Its location is well chosen  to serve the communities of the Southern Suburbs including Rondebosch,  Mowbray, Newlands, and bordering on the towns of Pinelands and the populous Athlone and surrounding suburbs.

In this central position the Rondebosch Medical Centre (www.rondeboschmc.com) is easily accessible via the major thoroughfares, the M5 as well as the national road (N2), and is further complemented  with such neighbours and historic landmarks as the Red Cross Children’s Hospital, the old Rondebosch Common and the Mowbray Golf Course

CONGRULATIONS

Like the many professional healthcare providers who attended the launch of the facility, Lukhanyo Clinic and its staff, commend the directors and management of RMC and Summit Clinic for their vision and compassion with so many afflicted with emotional, stress-related and other psychiatric problems, to establish a full-time facility to address their needs. Continue in next column..

CLINIC-CARE

We are particularly impressed with the therapeutic atmosphere in the Clinic, the warm and homely ambience with the colourful wall decorations and paintings, and the modern, contemporary design of the furniture and fittings.. no less than the array of  highly qualified and skilled resident staff in addition to the professional psychiatrists, clinical psychologists, OTs monitoring their patients.
 

ONE LAST COMMENT

This comment belongs to a patient: "Yes, treatment here is a genuine treat: our whole day is scheduled with exciting activities led by the OT and clinical psychologist and the support of .....but equally reassuring is the fact that I am in and part of a new and modern hospital with all the facilities..."

Having a drug problem ?

Visit:

1. Kensington Treatment Centre KTC (adults) or 

 

2. Western Cape Youth Rehabilitation Centre  WCYHC  (students) for a full 8 weeks' rehabilitation sleep-in) programme.     

 

 It's FREE !  Professional Healthcare Facilities & Staff on duty. Prior assessment  by a social worker is a requirement for admission!

Need a hospital with specialised facilities and efficient staff ?

Let doctor refer you to the specialists who  CARE:

Rondebosch Medical Centre

   Watch the video:   http://www.youtube.com/embed/i9plS3a_sTQ