About
Life Kingsbury Hospital is located in the upmarket suburb of Claremont in Cape Town. It falls within the Souther Suburbs, just a short distance away from the University of Cape Town (UCT). Kingsbury Hospital is one of the biggest Life Healthcare facilities in Cape Town and is widely known for its high quality of private healthcare coupled with a team of top medical specialists. Its smaller sister facility is the Claremont Hospital around 500 metres away on Main Road, Claremont. Both hospitals typically function together due to their close proximity.
Beds and Wards
Kingsbury Life Hospital has 134 beds with another 100 beds at Claremont Life Hospital. There is a 9 bed general ICU (intensive care unit) and a 5 bed high care unit in Kingsbury Hospital itself.
Mothers looking at giving birth at a Life Healthcare hospital in the Southern Suburbs would have to turn to Kingsbury Hospital. There is a 25 bed maternity ward with 4 delivery rooms for natural birth and a spa bath. The hospital also has a 4 bed neonatal ICU for preterm babies or newborns with complications. A clinic for mother and baby provides ongoing services after birth and even has a breastfeeding consultant to advise new moms.
Kingsbury Hospital is also well known for its neurology and vascular units, as well as its gastrointestinal unit for endoscopic investigation and surgery. The hospital has also gained a reputation for its dedicated units and practitioners focussing on abdominal aortic aneurysms, pelvic floor dysfunction and cardiac rehabilitation. It is also one of the hospitals of choice for weight loss (bariatric) surgery and obesity management programs.
Disciplines and Services
The contingent of medical practitioners in both Claremont and Kingsbury Hospital have earned the reputation for being some of the best in the city. Both hospitals provide almost every medical specialty with practitioners working closely together to ensure a high quality of medical care.
- Anaesthesiology
- Cardiology
- Cardio-Thoracic Surgery
- Dermatology
- Ear, Nose and Throat (ENT) Surgery
- General Surgery
- Gynaecology and Obstetrics
- Internal Medicine
- Maxillo-Facial Surgery
- Nephrology
- Neurology
- Neurosurgery
- Ophthalmology
- Orthopaedics Surgery
- Paediatrics
- Pathology
- Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
- Psychiatry
- Radiology
- Trauma and Emergency Unit
- Urology
- Vascular Surgery
Visiting Hours
Visiting hours may vary among hospitals within the Life Healthcare group. Please contact the hospital directly or visit their website (link below) for the latest visiting hours.
Physical Address
Wilderness Road (off Main Road)
Claremont, 7700
Cape Town, Western Cape
South Africa
Map To Location
Telephone and Fax
Tel: +27 21 670 4000
Fax: +27 21 683 5138
Landline numbers may have changed or may be unreachable at this time. Please refer to the hospital website.
Website: Life Kingsbury Hospital
Image sourced from Life Healthcare website.
Hi I would like to inform u about one of ur staff at Kingsbury hospital [COMMENT BLOCKED]
Hi Jakovian. We have blocked most of your comment given the nature of the content. This is an independent website on private hospitals in South Africa. We simply list all the different private hospitals in the country and the services available at each facility. It is not associated with the holding company or facility. The private hospital in question will not respond via this channel. You need to contact them directly and speak to the hospital manager. Refer to the contact details above.
I think the triage setup in ER is not effective. I am only talking about the slow pace of the front desk. The ER doctor was wonderful.
How much can cost to do cd4 count and virus load test
Hello,
I took my freind to kingsbury life hospital today with a chronic kidney infection.
She had an xray and a sonar done.
I am so impressed with your staff, they are efficient, very kind, skilled and supportive.
Well done and thankyou!
Good evening. As no-one is answering your phone, I would like to know if there is any information on [NAME REMOVED] who was admitted late this afternoon.
Good day Cedric. You need to contact the hospital directly either by telephone, email or in person. We are not the hospital. This is a website providing information on private hospitals in South Africa.
Hi, does the hospital have wifi for the patients?
I am soon to have a C-Section/ Birth at Kingsberry Hospital March 2021. What is the situation/set up for myself and my husband. Does kingsberry offer over night stays for the husbands during the covid?
Good day.
Please advise on the change of regulations imposed during Covid-19.
Before Covid-19 husbands had the option of sleeping over at the martenity ward with their wives. This was revoked due to Covid-19, now that we are past Covid are you even considering reinstating that privilege to the expecting parents?
My wife is due in December, I would appreciate an earlier response as I would like to make an informed decision before we tie ourselves down to a hospital that doesn’t meet our birth plans.
Hi thanks to Surgical Ward no 1, for the superb attention you afforded me on my stay on 2nd and 3rd Oct 2024. Philip Rodwell
Dear Kingsbury staff . I recently spent 8 days in the HC ward . The care and attention I received was wonderful . From the nursing staff , catering lady , attending Doctors, all superb . Being ill is not easy at the best of times , but the care I received , made the stay so much easier. Thank you all .