Overview

As many as one in five couples experience the frustration and sorrow of infertility. Most experts define infertility as not being able to get pregnant after at least one year of trying. Women who are able to get pregnant, but then have repeat miscarriages, are also regarded as infertile.

Fertility units are based at the following Life Healthcare hospitals:

Click here to view synopsis of our fertility facilities and services.

Eastern Cape

• Life St George’s Hospital – Port Elizabeth

Gauteng

• Life Brenthurst Hospital - Parktown, Johannesburg
• Life Wilgeheuwel Hospital – Roodepoort
• Life Wilgers Hospital – Pretoria

Western Cape

• Life Kingsbury Hospital - Claremont, Cape Town
• Life Vincent Pallotti Hospital – Cape Town

Specialists at these units use advanced medical technology for a variety of treatments to assist patients in falling pregnant and experiencing the joy of parenthood. Treatments offered include ovulation induction, endoscopic surgery, hystero-scopic surgery, artificial insemination using husband's sperm (AIH), artificial insemination using donor sperm (AID), in vitro fertilisation (IVF), intracyto-plasmic sperm injection (ICSI), gamete intra-fallopian tube (GIFT), zygote intra-fallopian tube (ZIFT), oocyte donation (egg donor programme), surrogacy advice and assistance, pre-implantation genetic diagnosis (PGD), semen analysis, apoptosis (DNA fragmentation) and vitrification (of embryos and oocytes).

Supporting doctors

Hospital	Name	Supporting doctors
Eastern Cape
Port Elizabeth Fertility and Wellness Unit – based at Life St George’s Hospital	Gynaecologist (reproductive medicine specialist)
	Dr D Botha	041 374 3974
	Dr D Prince	041 373 1320
	Dr J Strydom	041 374 3974
	General Practitioner
	Dr W Sieg	041 374 3974
	Embryologist
	M Rijsdijk	041 374 8942
	W Schoeman	041 374 8942
Gauteng
Bioart Fertility Centre – based at Life Brenthurst Hospital	Gynaecologist (reproductive medicine specialist)
	Dr MI Cassim	011 484 5119 / 5168
	Dr Y Dasoo	011 484 5119 / 5168
	Embryologist
	N Bassa	011 484 5119
	E McDonald	011 484 5119
	Geneticist / PGD specialist
	S Madaree	011 484 5119
	Medical scientist
	E McDonald	011 484 5119
	J Lourens (consultant)	011 484 5119
	Reproductive biologist
	E McDonald	011 484 5119
Infertility Clinic Gynomed – based at Life Wilgeheuwel Hospital	Gynaecologists
	Dr B Potgieter	011 796 1100
	Dr D Schulz	011 796 1100
	Dr E Wypkema	011 794 7710
	Dr G Labuschagne	011 796 1100
	Dr H Lindeque	011 796 1100
	Dr M Giesteira	011 796 1100
	Dr PM Engelbrecht	011 795 4192
	Dr D Packirisamy	011 795 1329
	Embryologists / infertility clinic / IVF laboratory
	C Morgan	011 794 4996
Wilgers Infertility Clinic – based at Life Wilgers Hospital	Gynaecologist (reproductive medicine specialist)
	Dr Chris Niemandt	012 807 0232 / 21
	Dr Liz Radloff	012 807 1956
	Medical biological scientist
	C Van Zyl	012 807 8398
	Embryologist
	C Van Zyl	012 807 8398
	Reproductive biologist
	C Van Zyl	012 807 8398
Western Cape
Cape Fertility Clinic – based at Life Kingsbury Hospital	Gynaecologist (reproductive medicine specialist)
	Dr S Heylen	021 674 2088
	Dr R Dhansay	021 674 2088
	Dr S Nosarka	021 674 2088
	Dr P le Roux	021 674 2088
The Institute for Reproductive Medicine – based at Life Vincent Pallotti Hospital	Fertility specialists
	Dr I Siebert	021 531 6999 / 021 938 4446
	Dr J van der Merwe	021 506 4083 / 021 531 6999
	Prof T Kruger	021 531 6999 / 021 938 4446