Cosmo gets a health boost
COSMO CITY – An affordable healthcare clinic will serve those who need it most.
A new affordable healthcare clinic in Cosmo City aims to bring relief to working people around the area who cannot afford private health insurance or cannot afford to travel to public hospitals.
The Esizayo Clinic, located on the corner of Malibongwe Drive and Tennessee Avenue, has all the features of a modern healthcare facility and offers services such as on-site doctors and nurse practices, including medication at an affordable price.
The clinic is an initiative of healthcare NGO Right to Care, which has set up a new unit called Right Clinic to support the City of Joburg Department of Health in providing fee-for-service primary healthcare in communities where healthcare access is difficult.
The clinic is for those who can afford to pay an affordable fee for healthcare without queuing. Patients pay R350 which includes a consultation with a doctor or nurse, screening, testing and medication.
Antiretrovirals and immunisation are extra, although Right Clinic is working to offer these at reduced prices.
Speaking at the Esizayo Clinic launch, MEC for Gauteng Health Gwen Ramokgopa said, “The clinic at the multipurpose centre in Cosmo City sees as many as 4 000 patients per month. The Cosmo City population of more than 70 000 is growing fast. Hence this clinic is much-needed here and will relieve the burden at nearby facilities.”
Ian Sanne CEO of Right to Care added, “We are focused on delivering the gold standard of primary healthcare at a reduced price and will use the Esizayo Clinic as a model for how to expand into communities which have insufficient healthcare access. The clinic is also a learning hub. We have partnered with the University of Witwatersrand’s Health Sciences Faculty, which will incorporate the clinic into their teaching programmes.”
The clinic offers acute care, chronic care, treatment of minor ailments, mother and child healthcare and screening for conditions such as hypertension, diabetes, TB, HIV, sexually transmitted infections, cervical and prostate cancer.
Details: The Esizayo Clinic 010 493 6950.
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