SA Home Doctor: doctor visits in South Africa, starting in Cape Town
A doctor at your home, holiday rental or hotel, day and night
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.
How it works
You send a request
Use the form on this page or 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. We do not ask about symptoms.
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
Who we are
About SA Home Doctor
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.
Guides
Short guides for people staying in Cape Town, such as tap water and malaria, each based on official South African sources.
For hosts and guesthouses
Text for your house manual and what we can do for your guests. We pay no commission to hosts, hotels or agents.
Your privacy
What 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).
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 in Cape Town: the City Bowl and the Atlantic Seaboard, the Southern Suburbs, the South Peninsula, the Northern Suburbs and the Helderberg, plus Stellenbosch, Franschhoek and Paarl. 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.
Request a doctor
Tell us where you are staying and how to reach you. A doctor who covers your area will call you back.
Requests through this form open soon. In an emergency call 10177 or 112.