in good HANDS

“Nothing else will change; the files all remain, as will the staff. I am privileged to have had a wonderful relationship with thousands of my patients, and will be sad to leave.”

Dr Dorfling wishes Dr Westbrook all the best and is looking forward to serving the community. “Mike has practiced at his current location for 26 years and will be missed by his patients,” he says – adding that he knows that Mike is an avid golfer, and hopes he will enjoy many a game now that he will have more time on his hands.

Dr Dorfling moved from Everton to Ladysmith in 1971 and completed school there. He obtained his medical degree at the University of Free State in 1989, before doing his housemanship in Giyani, Gazankulu. After two years of military service at 5 SAI Battalion in Ladysmith, he did a stint at KwaMagwaza Hospital in Melmoth. He then did three years at Lesley Williams Memorial Mining Hospital in Carletonville, before 26 years at Entabeni Hospital’s trauma unit.

On April 1 he starts at Village Healthcare in Kloof. “I plan to be available for extended consulting hours, as well as after hours. I would like to put my emergency medicine experience to use by attending to IOD patients, and to assist schools in the vicinity with sports events – such as the Long Walk at Thomas More College,” says Dr Dorfling. “I hope to remain for a very long time, possibly until the patients will have to start taking care of me,” he laughs.

DR. KONRAD DORFLING

MB ChB (UoFS) Dip. PEC