Intercare focus health care
Expansion has been impressive, with eight in Gauteng, two in the Eastern Cape and four in the Western Cape. The first centre for KwazuluNatal opened a month ago. Five years ago the company entered the hospital market with the opening of the 58-bed Tyger Valley sub-acute and rehabilitation hospital. In 2009 Intercare Hospital Holdings was registered to focus on the building and management of hospitals with special emphasis on day and sub-acute hospitals. Two new hospitals will open soon. “In Pretoria we will soon open a three theatre, 24-bed same day surgery hospital as well as a 36-bed sub-acute and rehabilitation hospital. They’ll open in August,” Dr Hanekom says. “The next steps are the continued expansion of the national footprint of the medical and dental centres, growing the sub-acute and rehabilitation hospitals and establishing these day hospitals.” Intercare’s focus is on convenience, speed and efficiency; patients don’t wait hours in a queue. It is a one-stop, quality care service. “We are not only rendering services, we are selling convenience and access to quality health care. That is unique to the Intercare experience,” Dr Hanekom says.
Intercare medical and dental centres are based on the retail concept of availability under one roof - saving the patient time, money and effort – and longer opening hours makes it more accessible for the busy family of today. Services include doctors, dentists, oral hygienists, pathologists, radiologists, physiotherapists and optometrists. Most Intercare centres also host dieticians, psychologists, psychiatrists,
The Intercare Group specialises in the provision of a variety of health care services
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