SPOT Care - Specialist Paediatrics & Outpatient Therapy

25/06/2026

Did you know that spending time in nature has the power to reshape the architecture of a young brain?! 🍁

Children & Nature Network Research Director Cathy Jordan explains why nature is so good for kids, sharing research on the remarkable ways nature shapes growing minds.

https://discoverymag.umn.edu/stories/nature-is-nurture

Nature restores attention and enhances emotional well-being: creativity, play, movement, mind-body connection and nature: together, they help create optimal child development environments. 🍂

“When children play and learn in nature, they aren’t just having fun,” Jordan says, “they’re developing the resilience and coping mechanisms necessary to navigate a complex world.” 🍁

02/06/2026

It’s almost GO-TIME! 🧦✨
is on Friday 5 June 2026, and we're wearing our hearts on our feet. Dig out the neon florals, the tiger print, the polka dots you forgot you owned. This Friday, they matter.
HERE'S ALL YOU NEED TO DO: 📸 Snap a sock selfie 📱 Post it on your socials and tag our Facebook and Instagram pages when you post and share. 🏷️ Use or .
Healthcare students – don't forget your post could win you R1 000. One winner per campus. Post on 5 June, entries close 13 June.
Let's get loud, get colourful, and remind our healthcare workers that they're not invisible. 💙

27/05/2026

Thank you for all your generous donations! We would love to support our colleagues at CH Baragwanath Hospital again this year! If you have gently used or new warm clothes or blankets you would like to donate, please leave them in our collection box and we will deliver them to the hospital.

12/05/2026

Happy international Nurses Day … To our nursing colleagues at Sandton Mediclinic 👩‍⚕️👨‍⚕️

To our NICU nurses.. NICU = Nursing Intensive Care, your exceptional care is instrumental in helping our most vulnerable tiny patients and parents not just survive but thrive!

To our Labour Ward and Maternity Ward and Theatre Nurses- you are instrumental to bringing our babies safely into the world!

To our Paediatric Ward Nurses - you help our children to feel safe and cared for while they heal.

To our PICU Nurses - your skill and expertise is indispensable in helping our sickest children survive.

To our Emergency Department Paediatric Nurses - your calm disposition, quick thinking helps make the ER less frightening to our little ones.

To our wonderful practice nurses- Sr Jenny & Sr Adrienne - your dedicated love and care and support are so essential to all our families! Without you our work would not be possible!

We appreciate you and thank you for your partnership with us!

11/05/2026

Yes, over the age of 6 months of age, children may receive other recommended pophylatic antibodies at the same time as the flu vaccine. We over both at our rooms. Please reach out to us to discuss which option is right for you and your family!

10/05/2026

We wish a wonderful Mother’s Day to all our special moms! Your love and strength are truly amazing!

We also want to acknowledge that Mother’s Day is not always a joyous day for everyone .

Today can be happy, bittersweet & sad…we see you all

Sending Love
… to all special moms & mother figures
… to the moms-to-be
…to moms who’s little ones are sick
… to the ones yearning to be moms
…to the grieving moms

05/05/2026

25/04/2026

Malaria Awareness Reminder
If you are traveling to malaria endemic areas to use anti-mosquito measures such as bednets, repellents & prophylactic medicines.🦟


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24/04/2026

Do young children need one or two doses of vaccine?
Two doses of vaccine (administered one month apart) are recommended in the first year of vaccination in any child younger than 9 years of age

24/04/2026

From what age should babies / children get the flu vaccine?
The influenza vaccine available in South Africa is the “Inactivated Influenza Vaccine (IIV)” It is recommended for children from 6 months of age.