Bluff primary healthcare clinic welcomes new patients
"We aim for ultimate cleanliness here to make sure our patients have the best care and experience at the clinic."
FREE and ready to help anyone who is sick, hurt, pregnant or just need to talk, the nurses at Bluff Clinic are there to lend an ear and a helping hand.
Sister Fikie Tsekiso runs an organised ship at Bluff Primary Healthcare (PHC) Clinic, a local government clinic run by Ethekwini Municipality located on 1302 Bluff Road, Fynnlands said everybody is welcome for treatment.
“We are a free clinic which caters for surrounding areas and we offer comprehensive health cover which includes services for well and sick babies, immunisation for babies, family planning, disease screening (HIV and TB) and pregnancy screening, as well as care for pregnant women including antenatal and postnatal and sick adult patients,” said Sr Tsekiso. The clinic also tends to chronic care, which includes screening for hypertension, diabetes and mental health and treatment of these illnesses. Bluff Clinic also performs male medical circumcision for men between 10 and 65 years. “The advantages of this is to curb the HIV epidemic, sexually transmitted diseases, prevent transmission of the Human Papilloma Virus (which causes cancer of the cervix to their partners) and for hygienic purposes.added Sr Tsekiso.
READ: PHC clinic committee’s role clarified
“We also would like to work with all the schools in our community,” she said.
The clinic is well maintained and spotless, thanks to their efficient cleaning staff who combat every germ through rigorous cleaning. “We aim for ultimate cleanliness here to make sure our patients have the best care and experience at the clinic,” she added.
READ:Â Quick facts about the National Health Insurance
Thanks to the implemented Centralised Chronic Medicines Dispensing and Distribution (CCMDD) system, patients do not have to wait in snaking queues to get their much-needed medicine and attention. The clinic use Clicks, Meditate, Dischem and Bluff Clinic as pickup points. “CCMDD deals with the decongestion of clinics so patients who are stabilised for a year, taking medication at the clinic, are sent to their nearest pharmacies for distribution. In this way, they don’t have to wait in queues and less time is wasted. The system ensures efficient and fast service at the clinic and dispensary,” she added.
