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Life Mount Edgecombe Hospital

Life Mount Edgecombe Hospital is a private hospital in Rockford, Phoenix, Durban, run by Life Healthcare. A 183-bed hospital with four theatres, a maternity unit, a neonatal ICU and a 24-hour accident and emergency unit, covering 25 medical and surgical disciplines.

Photographs of Life Mount Edgecombe Hospital

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Grey frontage of Life Mount Edgecombe Hospital with Hospital Reception lettering above the entrance — The entrance is lettered Hospital Reception, with a red 24 hour accident and emergency unit sign to the left and a blue directory board alongside.

Building raised on columns above an open parking deck at Life Mount Edgecombe Hospital — Cars park in the shade under the raised block, with a red framed glazed link bridge above and a blue directional board at the corner.

Table and chairs on artificial grass outside numbered consulting suites at Life Mount Edgecombe Hospital — Suites are numbered along the concourse, which has a communal table, woven pendant lights and framed pictures on the dark panelled wall.

Covered walkway with timber decking and seating alongside consulting suites at Life Mount Edgecombe Hospital — A roofed walkway under translucent sheeting links the suites, with timber decking, a railed play corner and benches for people waiting.

Timber decked walkway leading past a slatted screen to a seating lounge at Life Mount Edgecombe Hospital — A raised timber walkway runs down the middle of the tiled concourse and leads to a lounge with armchairs beyond a slatted timber screen.

Contact and visiting

Telephone	031 537 4000
Emergency	031 537 4015
Address	163 - 179 Redberry Road, Rockford, Phoenix
City	Durban, KwaZulu-Natal
Postal code	4068
Email	support.mountedgecombe@lifehealthcare.co.za
Website	lifehealthcare.co.za/hospitals/kwazulu-natal/durban/life-mount-edgecombe-hospital
Beds	183

Life Mount Edgecombe Hospital, 163 - 179 Redberry Road, Rockford, Phoenix, Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, 4068 Get directions

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Life Mount Edgecombe Hospital Visiting Hours

Visiting times

General wards
14:00 to 15:00
19:00 to 20:00
Intensive care unit
11:30 to 12:00
19:30 to 20:00
Maternity, grandparents
15:00 to 15:30, Monday to Sunday

Intensive care at Mount Edgecombe opens for half an hour before midday and half an hour in the evening, so the windows are narrow and worth arriving early for. General wards get a full hour twice a day. Grandparents visiting maternity have their own half hour at 15:00, every day of the week. The hospital sits northwest of Durban in Phoenix and covers 25 medical and surgical disciplines.