AKESO IS WELL-PLACED TO LOOK AFTER YOU DURING THE COVID – 19 PANDEMIC
The response to COVID-19 is continuously evolving as we learn new things about the virus. Akeso has ensured compliance to appropriate infection control measures in order to safeguard both staff as well as the clients who come into our facilities.
All persons who come into an Akeso facility:
- Must have a protective mask on. This should be able to securely cover the mouth and nose without needing continuous adjusting.
- Will find a screening desk at the entrance where temperature reading will be done, as well as completion of a questionnaire, to establish the likelihood of Covid-19 infection.
- Will be provided with ample no-touch sanitisation stations and access to bathrooms to wash their hands.
Outpatient consultations
- Akeso has ensured absolute minimal interaction between in-hospital patients and outpatient clients. This is done to reduce the risk of cross-infections.
- Our facilities have frequent wipe-down of seating and table-tops as well as bathrooms and other common areas.
- Our waiting areas carry minimal numbers of clients at a time (we may ask some clients to wait in their vehicles), with 1.5 metre spacing of seats.
In-hospital admissions
- All in-hospital patients wear surgical masks for improved infection prevention.
- On a daily basis, brief Health Talks are held for in-patients to foster a containment and safety culture
- Any in-patients who are at high-risk because of COVID-19, who require limitation of movement, can continue to receive therapy through tele-health platforms.
- There are no visiting hours at this time.
Situated in
Randburg, in Gauteng, Akeso Randburg – Crescent Clinic offers specialist
inpatient and outpatient treatment for a range of psychiatric illnesses
including anxiety and depression, substance abuse and addiction, eating
disorders, ageing disorders and post-traumatic stress disorder. We provide
individual, integrated and family-oriented treatment through our general
psychiatry unit, adult and adolescent dual diagnosis/addiction units, eating
disorders unit and adolescent unit. Akeso Randburg – Crescent Clinic also
offers a specialist service for admitting assisted care patients.
Our hospital
was established in 2004, and we aim to provide a safe and comfortable
environment where patients can recover and regain their sense of security and
self, under the expert care of specialists in both physical and mental health.
At Akeso
Randburg – Crescent Clinic, we treat both our patients and their loved ones
with dignity and respect, delivering clinical excellence in world-class
facilities with the ultimate aim of helping patients and their loved ones not
only to recover, but also to understand their illness, and thereby change the
direction of their lives.
Our hospital is
staffed by a multi-disciplinary team of medical and healthcare professionals,
including psychiatrists, medical doctors, psychologists, occupational
therapists, social workers, neurophysiologists and registered nurses, all of
whom are dedicated to providing exceptional care to each patient, to ensure the
best possible outcome for them and their loved ones.
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