I was diagnosed a severe haemophiliac at birth in 1953 in a Paarl hospital. I was tested immediately because my eldest brother, whom I never knew, had died of an internal bleed in then Palestine, now Israel. This was while my father was serving in the allied forces during World War II. My newlywed parents […]
My 60 Years with MedicAlert® I remember at the time we lived in Fish Hoek in Cape Town. I was at the time ill with something or other and was given penicillin by the Doctor who in those times made house calls. I had a violent reaction to penicillin and stopped breathing. The doctor […]
Johannesburg detective Neil, 25, was driving to Bloemfontein for a four-day break. He blacked out behind the wheel of his car twenty kilometres before his destination. His car rolled several times, throwing him metres away from his car. A passer-by picked him up, as there were no rescue vehicles in the area, and […]
One Saturday morning Graham was hit by an out of control taxi that had climbed the pavement of a street in Mooi River, Kwa Zulu Natal. Suffering severe head injuries, he was stabilised at the scene by a doctor. He was then rushed off to Estcourt Hospital. He could not speak for himself, but […]
On the 30th November 1999, I was called to the Customers Toilets due to the fact that a customer had collapsed. On arriving there my First Aiders were busy assessing the situation and she was transported to our Sick Room. Her son, who is mentally retarded, was with her – he was very upset […]
My husband was an insulin-dependent diabetic. Although his parents had purchased an emblem for him when he was young, he was reluctant to wear it. Some people are fiercely independent, and do not want people to make a fuss of them because of their medical condition! Although I managed to persuade him to wear […]
I am one of the people that appreciate the Medic Alert establishment. My son is an asthmatic, and had an accident on his motorbike. He was unconscious at the time the medical personnel arrived – my son had had an asthma attack but only on reading the condition on his Medic Alert emblem were […]
I want to share my Emergency and encourage everyone to join Medic Alert. On Thursday 26 January after arriving at home I had a sudden acute respiratory distress. It happened so quick without even feeling short of breath I could not breath at all. I could not call or speak due to not being […]
Last year I had to call Frail Care at Noordhoek Manor in the middle of the night I was feeling so ill. They called CMR who arrived and decided I needed to go to hospital. They asked if I was allergic to anything. I was past caring and just stuck out my arm […]
It saved my life two times already. 1st time heart attack, 2nd time stroke, it works for me Carel