AURORA HOSPITAL
Hospital in Port Elizabeth

We exist to inspire, support and equip you to lead a happy and fulfilled life. We do not judge and don’t blame; we lend a hand to empower you to recover and regain the ability to be healthy and fulfilled. In medical language, we provide medical care, and acute and sub-acute rehabilitation treatment for people with a wide range of disabilities caused by disease or injuries. These include spinal cord injuries, traumatic brain injuries, strokes, neurological disorders, orthopaedic conditions and other debilitating conditions and illnesses. We provide care and treatment to people with psychiatric, psychological and addiction challenges. Like all good hospitals, we have many skilled and experienced health care specialists and other support staff working together. Our hospitals are like orchestras where the players are the therapists who provide therapy, the doctors who do the doctoring, the nurses who nurse and so on. But the magic of an orchestra only happens when all the musicians play together and in harmony. We plan together until we agree on what we want to do, and then we do it in harmony. We are driven by the conviction that the best outcome is about clearly understanding the needs and wishes of our patients and then to make sure that all our people, with their equipment and with the systems that they use, work in harmony to serve those needs and wishes. We understand what matters to our patients and their families; to work with them on a plan for how we can assist them to regain the life they can; and then to make it happen in a way that makes sense for them. We are very proud of the carefully chosen people in our organisation and the work they do. We do what has been proven to make scientific sense and is supported by research. We learn all the time and we relentlessly pursue the best for our patients and their families. The care of our patients is organised around small teams consisting of therapists, counsellors, doctors and nurses. These teams are coordinated by Care Managers who are senior and experienced clinicians who understand what matters, and whose aim it is to ensure a smooth journey for our patients. The Care Managers also link families with the core teams and other hospital people. And, of course, they answer the many questions from families and patients. We would like to introduce all our people to you, but as we have more than 350 people working at our hospitals, that is difficult. All of them devoted to making our hospitals good places for our patients.