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Life St Vincent's

Life St Vincent's is a mental health hospital in Alexandra Road, Pinelands, Cape Town, run by Life Healthcare. A 35-bed short-term stay mental healthcare facility within Life Vincent Pallotti Hospital, providing in-house treatment for voluntary mental healthcare users.

Photographs of Life St Vincent's

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Paved courtyard leading to the signed main entrance doors of Life St Vincent's hospital — A level paved walkway with raised planters leads straight to the glass entrance doors under the blue Life St Vincent's lettering.

Recessed glass entrance doors under a concrete canopy in the brick facade at Life St Vincent's — Blue lettering marks the entrance, where a paved forecourt with a planted bed leads to glass doors set back under a concrete canopy.

Street view of the long face-brick and painted hospital buildings at Life St Vincent's in Cape Town — The road runs between the hospital wings, with yellow chevron markings, a red no-parking kerb and only a short stretch of roadside space.

Shaded parking bays at Life St Vincent's with Devil's Peak and the motorway beyond — Blue shade netting covers the parking bays, and the upper floors look out over the motorway towards the mountain.

Contact and visiting

Telephone	021 506 5111
Address	Life Vincent Pallotti Hospital, Alexandra Road, Pinelands
City	Cape Town, Western Cape
Postal code	7405
Email	Helena.vanniekerk@lifehealthcare.co.za
Website	lifehealthcare.co.za/hospitals/western-cape/cape-town/life-st-vincents
Beds	35

Life St Vincent's, Life Vincent Pallotti Hospital, Alexandra Road, Pinelands, Cape Town, Western Cape, 7405 Get directions

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

Life St Vincent's Visiting Hours

Visiting times

Weekdays
18:00 to 20:00
Weekends
14:00 to 16:00 and 18:00 to 20:00

St Vincent's opens for two hours each weekday evening and twice a day at weekends. It is a 35-bed short-stay mental health unit inside Life Vincent Pallotti Hospital in Pinelands, taking voluntary users only, with six assisted beds. Therapeutic programmes run in small groups through the day, which is why visiting falls in the evening. Do not confuse it with St Vincent's Hospital in Bela-Bela, which is a different hospital in Limpopo.

Services at Life St Vincent's

General psychiatry
Crisis counselling
Cognitive behavioural therapy
Life skills training
Electro-convulsive therapy
Group therapy
Occupational therapy
Speech and language therapy
Dietetics
Physiotherapy
Neuropsychiatry
Psychogeriatrics

Medical aid networks

This facility does not appear on any of the scheme network lists we hold. That does not mean it is not covered, only that we cannot confirm it. Open the network checker or ask your scheme.