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 |