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Life St Dominic's Hospital

Life St Dominic's Hospital is a private hospital in Southernwood, East London, run by Life Healthcare. A 211-bed hospital in Southernwood with a dedicated cardiac centre, four intensive care units, a newly built 24-hour accident and emergency unit with a primary care clinic, and a 28-bed Life Rehabilitation unit.

Photographs of Life St Dominic's Hospital

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Long white facade signposted Trauma and Emergency Unit at Life St Dominic's Hospital — The street frontage carries a red sign for the Trauma and Emergency Unit, with an ambulance only bay at one end and trauma reception further along.

Multi storey white and red blocks of Life St Dominic's Hospital behind palms and a picket fence — Seen from the corner, the name sits high on the top floor above palm trees, a white picket fence and kerbside parking along the street.

Row of glass fronted admissions windows along a wide wooden floored hall at Life St Dominic's Hospital — Several glazed admissions windows line one side of the hall, each with chairs pulled up, and notices posted on the black clad pillars.

Wooden tables and white chairs beneath coastal photographs in the coffee shop at Life St Dominic's Hospital — The on site coffee shop has wooden tables and white tub chairs, large coastal photographs on the walls and a servery window at the back.

Contact and visiting

Telephone	043 707 9000
Address	45 St Marks Road, Southernwood
City	East London, Eastern Cape
Postal code	5201
Email	Chrissie.stewart@lifehealthcare.co.za
Website	lifehealthcare.co.za/hospitals/eastern-cape/east-london/life-st-dominics-hospital
Beds	211

Life St Dominic's Hospital, 45 St Marks Road, Southernwood, East London, Eastern Cape, 5201 Get directions

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

Life St Dominic's Hospital Visiting Hours

Visiting times

General wards
11:00 to 12:00 and 14:00 to 20:00 daily
Intensive care unit
11:00 to 12:00
15:00 to 16:00
19:00 to 20:00
Life Rehabilitation unit
Monday to Friday 16:00 to 20:00
Saturday 14:30 to 20:00
Sunday 10:00 to 20:00

The rehabilitation unit at St Dominic's is open ten hours on a Sunday, from 10:00 to 20:00, which suits families travelling in from across the Border-Kei region for a weekly visit. The general wards keep a long afternoon from 14:00 to 20:00 every day. Intensive care allows only one visitor at a time and splits the day into three short slots. The hospital's cardiac centre serves the whole Border-Kei area, so many patients here have been referred some distance.