10 March 2009
Caesarean Section in Nelspruit (Mediclinic)
written by Caoihme
Costs
The hospital requires a deposit of 18,000 Rand, which covers the cost of your accommodation in the hospital and the theatre costs, except for the surgeon’s, anaesthetist’s and paediatrician’s fees. The fees each of these charged included a follow-up visit. E.g. the doctor / surgeon’s fee included the 6-week check up for me. The paediatrician charge included the 6 week check-up for the baby. Also, each of the three doctors came to see us in the hospital room after the operation, to check all was well.
We had to pay the deposit on the morning that I was being admitted to hospital. They accept credit cards. If your costs don’t run to the full 18,000 Rand, they will give you back the balance in a cheque that you have to cash at a particular bank in town. You might consider getting them to make the cheque out to your partner, as it is going to be easier for them to get to the bank, usually. Check in advance if they will do this for you.
We also had to pay the doctor/surgeon in advance. We paid the paediatrician and anaesthetist after the operation. The paediatrician (Dr Botha) is based in the Mediclinic. I think the hospital reception took the fee for the anaesthetist for us.
The accommodation in the maternity ward is in 1 or 2-bed rooms, with a bathroom en-suite, albeit shared between 2 rooms. I don’t think there’s any difference in price between the 1 and 2-bed rooms. You are allocated a room on your own or sharing based on how busy the ward is. They will give you a room on your own if possible. Its very comfortable, in general. My only negative experience was that they kept trying to give me pethidine injections for the pain, which made me nauseous, dizzy and weak and therefore made it hard to breastfeed. They also give another painkiller in suppository form, which was totally adequate for me. I refused the pethidine as soon as I realised its effects on me.
This is what we paid in Rand for an elective C-section and two nights accommodation. We had no costs that were unforeseen, e.g. we didn’t have any ICU costs etc.
Expense item Rand
Theatre and 2 nights accommodation: 16,000
Doctor / surgeon: 5,100
Paediatrician: 1000
Anaesthetist: 2600
Total 24,700
Our doctors were:
Dr. Barry – GP / surgeon - Tel. 0027 13 745 7672
Dr. Botha – paediatrician - Tel. 0027 13 745 7179
Dr. Malan – anaesthetist
They all took excellent care of us.
08 February 2009
Militza's chocolate cake
Our last meeting we met at Militza's house and she shared with us a delicious chocolate cake. This is her recipe. Thank you Militza!
Ingredients:
450ml flour
350ml castor sugar
1/2 teaspoon salt
3 teaspoons baking powder
150ml cocoa powder
400ml milk
350ml oil
3 extra large eggs seperated
1 1/2 teaspoon vanilla essence
Method:
Set oven to 180 and grease cake tin
Sift all dry ingredients into bowl. Beat egg whites till stiff. Mix egg yolks, oil and vanilla in a bowl.
Add yolks and oil mixture to the dry ingredients and mix together well. Add the milk and fold in the egg whites.
Bake for 50 min
Icing:
2 1/2 cups icing sugar
1/2 cup cocoa
150g margarine
1/4 cup hot water
mix together and ice cake.
24 January 2009
Karolina's apple cake
On our last meeting held at Karolina's, she welcomed us with a delicious apple pie. We all loved it so much that she agreed to share the recipe. Thanks Karolina for the recipe and thanks Hannah for typing it and sending it.
Karolina's Apple Cake:
For a form of 25 cm/6 people:
-1 egg
- 1,5 dl (150 g) flour
- 1,5 dl (150g) sugar
- 2 apples
- 1 table spoon cinnamon
- 2 table spoons sugar
- 50g nuts
Melt the butter, mix in flour, sugar and egg. Stir for a few minutes until smooth. Pour the dough into a form (25cm).
Peal the apples and cut into small slices. Cover the dough with the apples. Pour cinnamon, sugar and nuts over it. Put in the oven at 175°C for 20-25 mins.
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