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Life St Mark's Clinic

Life St Mark's Clinic is a mental health hospital in Southernwood, East London, run by Life Healthcare. A 70-bed short-term admission psychiatric clinic in Southernwood treating in-patients and day patients, with a high care facility for seriously ill patients.

Photographs of Life St Mark's Clinic

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Red pillared canopy over the Reception doors at Life St Mark's Clinic behind a planted island — The brick paved driveway curves past a planted island of aloes to a covered porch on red pillars marked Reception.

Palisade fenced grounds and roadside name board at Life St Mark's Clinic seen from across the street — From across the road the single storey buildings sit behind a palisade fence, with a visiting hours notice at the gate and the name board on the verge.

Brick boundary wall sign reading 16 St Andrews Road with the Life St Mark's Clinic name below — The boundary wall carries the street number 16 St Andrews Road above the clinic name board, with the road sign standing right beside it.

Red and blue block seating and wooden tables in the waiting area at Life St Mark's Clinic — Low block seats in red and blue are grouped around wooden tables on the tiled floor, with the reception counter and entrance doors beyond.

Contact and visiting

Telephone	043 707 4400
Address	16 St Andrews Road, Southernwood
City	East London, Eastern Cape
Postal code	5201
Email	shereen.ehlers@lifehealthcare.co.za
Website	lifehealthcare.co.za/hospitals/eastern-cape/east-london/life-st-marks-clinic
Beds	70

Life St Mark's Clinic, 16 St Andrews 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 Mark's Clinic Visiting Hours

St Mark's says its visiting times are subject to change and asks you to phone 043 707 4400 rather than rely on a published timetable. It is a 70-bed short-term admission psychiatric clinic treating both in-patients and day patients, with therapeutic programmes run in small groups, so visits are fitted around the programme. Ten psychiatrists and a neuropsychiatrist work here.