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Life Chatsmed Garden Hospital

Life Chatsmed Garden Hospital is a private hospital in Woodhurst, Chatsworth, Durban, run by Life Healthcare. A 215-bed hospital that has served Chatsworth for 35 years, strong in high-acuity surgery, with a 24-hour emergency unit staffed by trauma specialists and a psychiatric ward.

Photographs of Life Chatsmed Garden Hospital

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A long canopy runs over the entrance, where the sign reads "Hospital Entrance" and an arrow directs visitors round to the emergency unit.
A row of chairs faces a wall of notices, and an overhead sign with an arrow points the way through to the trauma unit.
Each bed in this shared room has its own over-bed table and curtain track, and the beds nearest the window look out over trees.
The canopy marked "Emergency Unit" shelters a short drop-off lane, with a wall sign nearby reading "No parking, drop off only".

Contact and visiting

Telephone031 459 8000
Emergency031 459 8072
Address80 Woodhurst Drive, Woodhurst, Chatsworth
CityDurban, KwaZulu-Natal
Postal code4092
Emailsupport.chatsmedgarden@lifehealthcare.co.za
Websitelifehealthcare.co.za/hospitals/kwazulu-natal/durban/life-chatsmed-garden-hospital
Beds215

Life Chatsmed Garden Hospital, 80 Woodhurst Drive, Woodhurst, Chatsworth, Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, 4092  Get directions

Contact details checked 8 September 2026 against the published source. Send a correction if anything has changed.

Life Chatsmed Garden Hospital Visiting Hours

Visiting times
General wards, weekdays
15:00 to 16:15
19:15 to 20:00
General wards, weekends and public holidays
14:00 to 16:00
ICU and high care, weekdays
15:00 to 16:15
19:15 to 20:00
ICU and high care, weekends and public holidays
14:00 to 15:00

Weekends work differently at Chatsmed. The general wards give you a straight two hours from 14:00 on a Saturday, Sunday or public holiday instead of the two shorter weekday slots, while ICU and high care give only one hour. No children under 12 in either. The weekday afternoon slot runs to 16:15 rather than the hour you might expect, so there is a little more room than the timetable first suggests.

Services at Life Chatsmed Garden Hospital

  • Cardiology
  • Dentistry
  • Dermatology
  • Digital operating room
  • Endocrinology
  • Endoscopic surgery
  • Electroencephalography
  • Gastroenterological surgery
  • General practice
  • General surgery
  • Gynaecology
  • Laparoscopic surgery
  • Maxillofacial and oral surgery
  • Neonatology
  • Neurology
  • Nephrology
  • Obstetrics
  • Ophthalmology
  • Orthopaedic surgery
  • Paediatric endocrinology
  • Paediatrics
  • Pathology
  • Plastic and reconstructive surgery
  • Psychiatry
  • Pulmonology
  • Radiology
  • Rheumatology
  • Urology with lithotripsy
  • Vascular surgery
  • Audiology
  • Biokinetics
  • Bone densitometry
  • Clinical psychology
  • Occupational therapy
  • Pharmacy
  • Physiotherapy
  • Renal dialysis
  • Sleep therapy
  • Speech therapy

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Doctors at this facility

General Surgeon
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Obstetrician and Gynaecologist
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Ophthalmologist
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General Surgeon
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Ophthalmologist
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Obstetrician and Gynaecologist
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Maxillofacial and Oral Surgeon
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