Looking back on 18 successful years of Durban Bariatric surgery, I would like to quote something from the below article which I said back in 2014, that is still relevant to Bariatric patients today: ”After five years some patients recorded a 10 percent weight gain. Du Toit said it was important to stress that weight…
Read MoreThe Bariatric Centre of Excellence at Netcare St Augustine’s Hospital in Durban has done [500] surgeries to date since it opened in 2006. It has a high success rate of sustained weight loss as well as an impressive reduction in conditions like diabetes, hypertension, sleep apnoea. The procedure favoured by surgeons at the centre is the…
Read MoreDurban medical team and hospital honoured for contribution to South African metabolic surgery Monday, 7 August 2017, The outstanding contribution of the specialist surgeon, Dr Gert du Toit, for his work in laparoscopic gastric bypass procedures at Netcare St Augustine’s Hospital in Durban, has been recognised with the inaugural ‘Centre of the Year’ award from the…
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