Cape Town and the Winelands, day and night
SA Home Doctor: doctor visits in South Africa, starting in Cape Town
A doctor at your home, holiday rental or hotel, day and night
- Doctors registered with the HPCSA
- Consultations in English and Afrikaans
The doctor tells you the fee before coming. Nothing is arranged until you agree, and nothing is charged on this website.
On WhatsApp, an automated assistant first asks a few questions, such as where you are, who the visit is for and whether you need a doctor now or later. Then a doctor who covers your area calls you. No South African SIM card is needed.
Important: Medical emergency? Call an ambulance.
Call 10177 Call 112 from a mobile
SA Home Doctor is not an emergency service. Do not wait for a home visit. When to call 10177 or 112 instead
Without emergency warning signs, a home visit suits illness or injury that is not life-threatening, such as a fever that will not settle, a stomach bug, an earache or a sprained ankle.
What to expect
When you ask for a doctor
- Arrival
- Our target is 30 minutes to 1 hour in the Cape Town areas on our list. It is a target, not yet a measured average. The doctor gives you an arrival time when calling.
- If no doctor is free
- We tell you so instead of leaving you waiting, offer to try again later, and remind you of the emergency numbers.
- Hotels and rentals
- A doctor can see you in your hotel room, guesthouse or holiday rental. Give us the property name and your room or unit number. In a hotel, once the visit is agreed, let reception know a doctor is on the way.
- Visiting from abroad
- Write to us from your usual number: WhatsApp works without a South African SIM card.
Arrival times, hotels and night visits on our Cape Town page
What the doctor can do during the visit
- Examine you and explain what he or she found.
- Take care of a wound and dress it, when he or she judges it appropriate.
- Give you a drip, only after assessing you and only if he or she judges it the right treatment. About IV therapy
- Take a blood sample for a pathology laboratory. The results come back to you from the doctor. About blood tests at home
- Complete your airline's medical form or write a letter, if the examination supports it. The airline decides. About fit-to-fly certificates
- Write a prescription, a referral letter or a medical certificate, when he or she judges you need one.
The doctor decides what is needed after examining you.
Do our doctors visit your area?
Type the suburb or town where you are staying.
See the full list of areas
- Bakoven
- Bantry Bay
- Beaconvale
- Bellville
- Bergvliet
- Big Bay
- Bishopscourt
- Bloubergstrand
- Bo-Kaap
- Bothasig
- Camps Bay
- City Bowl
- Claremont
- Clifton
- Clovelly
- Constantia
- De Waterkant
- Diep River
- Durbanville
- Edgemead
- Fish Hoek
- Foreshore
- Franschhoek
- Fresnaye
- Gardens
- Glencairn
- Glenlily
- Goodwood
- Gordon's Bay
- Green Point
- Higgovale
- Hout Bay
- Kenilworth
- Kirstenhof
- Kommetjie
- Lansdowne
- Llandudno
- Maitland
- Meadowridge
- Melkbosstrand
- Misty Cliffs
- Monte Vista
- Mouille Point
- Mowbray
- Newlands
- Noordhoek
- Observatory
- Ocean View
- Oranjezicht
- Paarl
- Panorama
- Parklands
- Parow
- Pinelands
- Plattekloof
- Plumstead
- Richwood
- Rondebosch
- Rondebosch East
- Rosebank
- Salt River
- Scarborough
- Sea Point
- Simon's Town
- Somerset West
- Southfield
- Strand
- Sun Valley
- Sunningdale
- Sunnydale
- Table View
- Tamboerskloof
- Thornton
- Three Anchor Bay
- Tijgerhof
- Tokai
- Townsend Estate
- Tyger Valley
- V&A Waterfront
- Vasco Estate
- Vredehoek
- Welgemoed
- Westlake
- Woodstock
- Wynberg
- Zonnebloem
Areas, arrival times and practical details on our Cape Town page
How it works
We arrange visits by independent doctors registered with the Health Professions Council of South Africa (HPCSA). Cape Town comes first. Consultations are in English and Afrikaans, and the doctor tells you the fee before setting off.
You send a request
Write to us on WhatsApp. We ask where you are staying, how to reach you and whether the visit is for an adult or a child. You explain your symptoms to the doctor, who calls you.
A doctor calls you
The request goes to the doctors who cover your area. The one who accepts calls you, gives you his or her name and HPCSA registration number, and tells you the fee. Nothing is arranged until you agree.
The visit
The doctor comes to you, examines you and explains what he or she found. You pay the doctor directly and receive an invoice with the doctor's practice number to submit to your medical aid or travel insurer.
Services in Cape Town
Each service has its own page with the details. No prices are published on this website.
Home and hotel doctor
- A visit at your home, holiday rental, guesthouse or hotel room
- Day and night
- Wound care during the visit when the doctor judges it appropriate
IV therapy
- Only after the doctor has assessed you
- The doctor decides whether a drip is right for you
Blood test at home
- The doctor decides which tests you need and takes the sample
- Results reach you from the doctor
Fit-to-fly certificate
- An examination where you are staying
- The doctor completes your airline's medical form or writes a letter
- Your airline makes the final decision
Frequently Asked Questions
SA Home Doctor is a booking and coordination platform for visits by independent doctors registered with the HPCSA. We take your request and find a doctor who covers your address. The consultation is between you and that doctor.
We start with listed areas of Cape Town and the Winelands. The full list of areas is on our Cape Town page. Other parts of South Africa are added only once a doctor who covers them has signed with us.
Day and night. A doctor is on call at night as well as during the day. You can ask for a visit now or book one for later.
Consultations are in English and Afrikaans. On WhatsApp you can write in your own language for the practical details, but the consultation itself is in English or Afrikaans.
We do not publish prices. The doctor tells you the fee on the phone before the visit, and you pay the doctor directly. Nothing is charged on this website.
No. In a medical emergency, call 10177 for an ambulance, or 112 from a mobile phone. Do not wait for a home visit.
Who we are
SA Home Doctor, also known as South Africa Home Doctor, is a booking and coordination platform. The doctors who visit are independent practitioners working under their own practice numbers. About SA Home Doctor
- GuidesShort guides for people staying in Cape Town, such as tap water and malaria, each based on official South African sources.
- For hosts and guesthousesText for your house manual and what we can do for your guests. We pay no commission to hosts, hotels or agents.
- Your privacyWhat we collect when you send a request, why, where it is processed and how to see, correct or delete it, under the Protection of Personal Information Act (POPIA).
Need a doctor where you are staying?
Send your request on WhatsApp. A doctor who covers your area calls you back.
Request a doctor on WhatsApp- You write to us on WhatsApp: where you are staying, who the visit is for, and whether you need a doctor now or later.
- A doctor who covers your area calls you, gives you his or her name and HPCSA registration number, and tells you the fee.
- Nothing is arranged until you agree. You pay the doctor directly; nothing is charged on this website.
Important: Medical emergency? Call an ambulance.
Call 10177 Call 112 from a mobile
SA Home Doctor is not an emergency service. Do not wait for a home visit. When to call 10177 or 112 instead
General questions, not for medical care: [email protected]