Medical App & Medical Advice with Hello Doctor

30 000 Downloads?! Well done to our team!

Hello Doctor is super proud of what we’ve achieved in a relatively short period of time, and our latest milestone is reaching 30 000 downloads on our new Hello Doctor app! To everyone who’s downloaded it – thank you! We hope you love what we have to offer :-) And if you haven’t got our app yet, then what are you waiting for? Simply sign up on our website, and download the free Hello Doctor app from the Google Play or iTunes store. With the app, you can talk to, or text our doctors, anytime, anywhere!

So, thank you again for all the support, we really appreciate it!

A friendly reminder of our 30 000 downloads competition T&Cs:

What can I win? You could win R500 cash in your pocket just for sharing our status update on the 30 000 app downloads milestone

When does the competition close? The competition closes on Sunday 16 February at 12:00 – so get sharing!

When is the draw date? We’ll select one lucky winner on Monday 17 February to win R500 cash, and the winner will be notified the same day via Facebook.

How will you select a winner? We take all the names of the people who have shared the post and randomly select one winner. The judge’s decision is final. If the winner can’t be contacted, or doesn’t respond to the announcement within 7 days, then a new winner will be selected.

Cyberchondria – taking Dr Google too far?

Cyberchondria, so what’s it all about? Well, while it might sound like the latest video game, cybercondria is actually the online equivalent of hypochondria – and it’s fast becoming a worrying trend. If you’re someone who tends to use Google to find out more about your health symptoms, then you could be a cyberchondriac!

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Episode 12 catch up

By now you’re probably back into the work grind, and the holidays might already seem like a distant memory. On the plus side, there’s still the Hello Doctor show which airs every Sunday on SABC2 at 14.30. Missed yesterday’s episode? Here’s a brief recap of what Dr Michael Mol covered in the show.

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Nelson Mandela dies at 95

President Jacob Zuma has announced that the former President Nelson Mandela passed away peacefully at 8:30pm on Thursday evening in the company of his family. “Our beloved Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela, the founding President of our democratic nation has departed,” said the President in a live address to the nation. “Our nation has lost its greatest son. Our people have lost a father. Although we knew that this day would come, nothing can diminish our sense of a profound and enduring loss”.

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