Both serve the medical needs of the greater Vaal region and further afield. Giflo Medical’s development expertise will take these facilities and their services to the next level.
The existing Cormed Private Hospital will be revamped to accommodate an acute private hospital, including specialised ophthalmology, critical care, orthopaedic laminar flow theatre and radiology services, which will enlarge the scope and intensity of procedures currently offered.
Cormed also offers maternity, high care, general wards and an after-hours consultation service.
Cormed started as a small day hospital, but has grown several times over 25 years in response to the increasing demand from the community. Identifying the need to expand and improve the facility yet again, its major extension will almost double the size and capacity of the hospital by adding a further 2,000sqm of space and growing it to a total 4,400sqm.
Cormed is listed as one of Discovery Health’s top 20 hospitals in South Africa. The revamp and expansion take the hospital to 62 beds and three theatres, including a laminar flow theatre. It is also receiving a full upgrade to all facilities and equipment. “The whole hospital is being optimised,
besides receiving the very latest in innovation, the carefully planned changes to the entire hospital building enable it to offer a wider range of procedures to more people,” says Ivan Makkink, Director of Giflo Medical. Of course, details like fail-safe electrical back-up for all vital systems and
water reserves are a given for this medical property development. Construction on Cormed began in May this year, and is scheduled for completion
in December 2020. The hospital will remain fully operational during its construction.
The project began with the construction of the extension, after which most of the hospital’s operations will be relocating into the new portion of the building to allow for the revamp of the existing premises. Only once this is complete, will the hospital be able to embrace its expanded capacity.
Neighbouring the hospital is the Envision Centre for Sight, a state-of-the-art leading medical facility in the region for ophthalmology, which Giflo Medical recently redeveloped.
The construction project began in January this year and was completed in six months. The extension to the centre’s existing building added about 40% to its area, which now spans 830sqm of gross lettable area. The changes have also boosted proficiency and effectively doubled-up its
capacity. The extra space enables it to offer additional specialist eye care services, which include a general and laser therapy practice.
“Special features like the double-volume lobby, glass lift and glass theatre wall are proof that it has been treated as more than just a building. We are really impressed with the fact that we were able to continue consulting while Giflo was transforming the building,” said Dr Coetzee.
expansion of Cormed Private Hospital in Vanderbijlpark.
