Blog by Drs Clift & Du Plessis

There's a particularly nasty tummy bug going around Paarl right now, and many of our patients - adults and kiddies alike - are really struggling with it. When tummy bug hits, it can be uncomfortable and exhausting to deal with. The symptoms usually start suddenly. A child who was perfectly fine a fe...

In the hospital, we so often see moms arriving in the middle of the night with sick children - exhausted, anxious, and convinced something is terribly wrong. And then, frustratingly, after a horrible night of “burning up,” the child’s fever has broken. He’s smiling, playing, and being his cutest sel...