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At Hatmed we keep our services relevant – in tune with the evolution of the diverse and dynamic community that we serve. We realize that as our clients adapt to a changing world, so do their health requirements. Established almost 20 years ago, Hatmed, an independently owned medical centre, has served a range of patients ranging from students and local community members to presidents and film stars. Officially selected as a panel of doctors to serve local embassies, our comprehensive list of services includes immigration medicals for Canada, New Zealand and Australia. At Hatmed we strive to accommodate and care for each individual that enters our practice to the best of our ability. With 5 doctors on board, waiting in long queues will never be a concern. Whether you need medication for the common cold or an executive medical you can be sure that you will receive quality treatment. General Doctors and Medical Services
Pre-employment Medical & Executive Medical
Immigration Medical
Aviation Medical
Travel Clinic: Yellow fever, travel vaccinations & advice, and baby immunizations
Pathologist
Radiologist
Dentist
Physiotherapist
Dietician
Psychologist

Most back pain settles on its own. What you do in the first two days mostly decides how fast.Bed rest is out of date. It...
15/10/2026

Most back pain settles on its own. What you do in the first two days mostly decides how fast.

Bed rest is out of date. It was standard advice for a long time and it makes most back pain worse rather than better. Short, frequent movement beats lying still, even when movement is the last thing you feel like.

Returning to normal activity sooner, in a reduced way, shortens recovery. Waiting until the pain has gone before doing anything tends to lengthen it.

On pain relief, check what you are already taking before you add anything. Paracetamol hides inside a lot of combination products and stacking it is easier than people expect.

Then the part that is not reassuring, and should not be. See someone straight away if there is any change in bladder or bowel control, numbness around the saddle area, or new weakness in a leg or foot. Also if there is a fever alongside the back pain, or if it followed a serious fall or a crash.

Those are uncommon. They are also the ones where waiting costs the most.

Open seven days a week. WhatsApp 066 076 6613.

If you are joining a yacht, a cruise ship or a merchant vessel, you need a seafarer medical from a SAMSA-accredited prac...
14/10/2026

If you are joining a yacht, a cruise ship or a merchant vessel, you need a seafarer medical from a SAMSA-accredited practitioner. Not any doctor, and not your regular GP.

We have one here in Hatfield.

The examination covers a medical history review, a physical examination, vision and hearing testing, urinalysis, and a chest X-ray where the regulations require it. Radiology is in this building, so that does not become a second appointment somewhere else.

Worth knowing: seafarer medical certificates now run for two years from date of issue rather than one, unless an exclusionary condition applies.

Message us with where you are joining and when you sail, and we will tell you what is needed before you book anything.

WhatsApp 066 076 6613. 454 Hilda Street, Hatfield, Pretoria.

When did you last have a tetanus booster?If you cannot remember, that is usually the answer. For most adults it is due e...
13/10/2026

When did you last have a tetanus booster?

If you cannot remember, that is usually the answer. For most adults it is due every ten years, and almost everyone's mental model stops at childhood vaccinations.

It matters more in summer than people think. Garden soil, braai burns, a dog bite, a cut on a rusty gate. Pretoria in October produces exactly the kind of wounds this exists to protect against, and the time to sort it out is before one of them rather than in an emergency room afterwards.

Ask at your next visit. It takes a minute.

Worth asking about at the same time: whether anything else is due for your age and your history. Adult vaccination is a short conversation that almost nobody has.

Open seven days a week. WhatsApp 066 076 6613.

Tick bite fever usually announces itself twice, and almost nobody notices the first time.It starts with a small black cr...
13/10/2026

Tick bite fever usually announces itself twice, and almost nobody notices the first time.

It starts with a small black crust surrounded by a red ring at the bite site. It does not hurt, there is often more than one, and most people either miss it or assume it is a scab.

Then, five to ten days later, fever arrives abruptly, with a bad headache and a stiff, aching neck. A rash often follows about three days after that, sometimes involving the palms and the soles. By that point the bite has been forgotten entirely, which is exactly why the connection gets missed.

The useful part: it responds well to the right antibiotic, and the sooner that starts the shorter the whole thing is.

So if you have been in the bushveld, hiking, camping or on a farm in the last two weeks, say so. That one sentence changes what your doctor is looking for.

Open seven days a week. WhatsApp 066 076 6613.

Send this to whoever you went away with.

Every consultation asks about your family, and almost nobody explains why.It rarely changes a diagnosis. What it changes...
09/10/2026

Every consultation asks about your family, and almost nobody explains why.

It rarely changes a diagnosis. What it changes is timing. A father who had a heart attack at 48 does not mean you are going to. It means the screening conversation starts in your thirties instead of your fifties, which is the entire point.

Two details make the answer more useful. Close relatives carry most of the weight, so parents, siblings and children matter far more than a great-aunt. And the age at diagnosis is the part people leave out. A relative diagnosed at 45 tells us something that the same diagnosis at 80 does not.

And if you do not know, say so. Adoption, estrangement, or simply a family that never discussed any of it. "I do not know" is a complete answer, not a gap you need to apologise for, and we work from what we can measure instead.

Open seven days a week. WhatsApp 066 076 6613.

An executive medical is a broader screen than a consultation, and it is commissioned for you rather than for an employer...
07/10/2026

An executive medical is a broader screen than a consultation, and it is commissioned for you rather than for an employer. Cardiovascular and metabolic risk, bloods, an electrocardiogram, and a proper conversation about what the results actually mean for the next ten years.

The results go to you. That is the difference between this and a work medical, where an employer receives a fitness outcome and nothing else.

Because pathology and radiology are in this building, it is one morning rather than a consultation, then a lab, then a wait.

If you are arranging these for a leadership team, message us and we will set up consecutive slots.

WhatsApp 066 076 6613. 454 Hilda Street, Hatfield, Pretoria.

You do not need a referral, and you do not need to have found something first.A breast check starts as an ordinary consu...
06/10/2026

You do not need a referral, and you do not need to have found something first.

A breast check starts as an ordinary consultation. A conversation about your history, your family history and your risk, then a clinical examination. From there your doctor advises on whether imaging makes sense, and when, based on your age and your own picture rather than on a general rule.

On self-examination: there is no prize for technique. What matters is being familiar enough with your own breasts to notice when something changes, and then acting on the change instead of watching it for a few months.

Open seven days a week. WhatsApp 066 076 6613.

04/10/2026

Open 08:00 to 12:00 today, and on public holidays.

Being open on a Sunday is the most useful thing about this practice and the thing we mention least. Most practices in Pretoria are closed right now.

So if something got worse overnight rather than better, you have somewhere to go today.

WhatsApp 066 076 6613, or come through to 454 Hilda Street, Hatfield.

Open until 13:00 today.Saturday is when the week catches up with people. The thing that started on Wednesday and got wor...
03/10/2026

Open until 13:00 today.

Saturday is when the week catches up with people. The thing that started on Wednesday and got worse, the child who has been off since Thursday, the ache you kept meaning to do something about.

0123627180

Open again tomorrow, 08:00 to 12:00.

454 Hilda Street, Hatfield. Safe basement parking.

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454 Hilda Street
Pretoria
0083

Opening Hours

Monday 08:00 - 19:00
Tuesday 08:00 - 19:00
Wednesday 08:00 - 19:00
Thursday 08:00 - 19:00
Friday 08:00 - 19:00
Saturday 08:00 - 13:00
Sunday 08:00 - 12:00

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+27123627180

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