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Dr. Botha
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Recommended: Unlikely
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Jun '25 - May '26
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Johannes K
1 reviews | Active since Jan 2020
30 Mar 2024, 18:04
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I can't believe there is only 2 reviews about this practice. I experienced both of the other 2 reviewers and that was after her friend and colleague who is a neurologist referred my wife to her. After R 20k not a single answer and just a request to another request to do more tests at a personal cost of R8k to R10k since they could not even give me an exact amount and this is not even covered by a top plan on Discovery. Unfortunately the medical industry has turned to a money making machine with doctors that cares nothing other than top dollar and milking patients. Did not do the tests and will not have anything to do with this practice.
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Johannes K
1 reviews | Active since Jan 2020
30 Mar 2024, 18:04
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I can't believe there is only 2 reviews about this practice. I experienced both of the other 2 reviewers and that was after her friend and colleague who is a neurologist referred my wife to her. After R 20k not a single answer and just a request to another request to do more tests at a personal cost of R8k to R10k since they could not even give me an exact amount and this is not even covered by a top plan on Discovery. Unfortunately the medical industry has turned to a money making machine with doctors that cares nothing other than top dollar and milking patients. Did not do the tests and will not have anything to do with this practice.
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Anel M
1 reviews | Active since Jan 2020
14 Apr 2023, 10:05
My visit to Dr Elmarie Botha for vertigo treatment left my head spinning
On 31 October 2022 I was referred to Dr Elmarie Botha by my GP for treatment / assessment of vertigo. My GP’s offices phoned Dr Botha’s rooms before scheduling an appointment to make sure that they accept my medical aid, and the consultation fee would be covered, and they confirmed same telephonically. My GP had been to Dr Botha for treatment of vertigo as well the week before and my GP advised that “she had ended up in hospital for 3 days as a result of her vertigo”. My partner and I arrived at the rooms of Dr Botha, and she has no bedside manners towards patients. She proceeded to ask a few questions without giving any information and to do an exam by making me stand in different positions and furthermore by letting me lie down and tilting my head around. The worst of this was that she was chewing gum with an open mouth right in my face and throughout the entire appointment. When my mother arrived at the end of the appointment, Dr Botha was extremely rude, obnoxious, and short towards her in a manner of how dare she arrive there at the rooms. When my mother asked if they know if the hospital accepts my medical aid, her response was “There are at least 10 medical aids with 10 sub-plans. How am I supposed to know if they accept your daughter’s medical aid??”. A simple “Unfortunately I’m not sure, however you can find out from the hospital reception” would have sufficed. Her treatment plan was for me to be admitted to hospital for 3 days (even though the hospital does not accept my medical aid so payment would be out of my personal account) the next day to have scans and extensive of tests done on me so that a neurologist and a forum of doctors can assess what was causing the vertigo, because Dr Botha did not have knowledge about diagnosing me and that by doing her standing and tilting tests she could “eliminate at least 10 causes” and couldn’t tell us what those were either. It was right there that I decided I will not be walking any kind of road with her as an ENT. I ended up leaving without even a sick note for my work or prescription for any medication to help with the symptoms of vertigo. I had to contact my GP that I had visited earlier and asked her to provide me with a sick note for my work and to prescribe the medication that Dr Botha prescribed her after her hospital stay and tests which was medication for a viral infection and cortisones. So, you need a forum of doctors including a neurologist to tell you have a viral infection. What a joke. This is a money-making ploy of Dr Botha just to admit patients into hospital without any diagnosis or information, regardless of what questions you may ask. The icing on the cake is I have now received an invoice for an additional payment of R 1 169.80 to settle personally on top of the R850.00 covered by my Medical Aid. I was at her rooms for 30 – 40 minutes tops and they added “Prolonged face-to-face attendance to a patient” to their invoice. There was absolutely no prior communication from their side regarding what would be covered from my medical and that there would be any out-of-pocket payment required from my side. Really unprofessional way to run a practice and blindside ill patients. Avoid visiting this doctor at all costs.
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Anel M
1 reviews | Active since Jan 2020
14 Apr 2023, 10:05
My visit to Dr Elmarie Botha for vertigo treatment left my head spinning
On 31 October 2022 I was referred to Dr Elmarie Botha by my GP for treatment / assessment of vertigo. My GP’s offices phoned Dr Botha’s rooms before scheduling an appointment to make sure that they accept my medical aid, and the consultation fee would be covered, and they confirmed same telephonically. My GP had been to Dr Botha for treatment of vertigo as well the week before and my GP advised that “she had ended up in hospital for 3 days as a result of her vertigo”. My partner and I arrived at the rooms of Dr Botha, and she has no bedside manners towards patients. She proceeded to ask a few questions without giving any information and to do an exam by making me stand in different positions and furthermore by letting me lie down and tilting my head around. The worst of this was that she was chewing gum with an open mouth right in my face and throughout the entire appointment. When my mother arrived at the end of the appointment, Dr Botha was extremely rude, obnoxious, and short towards her in a manner of how dare she arrive there at the rooms. When my mother asked if they know if the hospital accepts my medical aid, her response was “There are at least 10 medical aids with 10 sub-plans. How am I supposed to know if they accept your daughter’s medical aid??”. A simple “Unfortunately I’m not sure, however you can find out from the hospital reception” would have sufficed. Her treatment plan was for me to be admitted to hospital for 3 days (even though the hospital does not accept my medical aid so payment would be out of my personal account) the next day to have scans and extensive of tests done on me so that a neurologist and a forum of doctors can assess what was causing the vertigo, because Dr Botha did not have knowledge about diagnosing me and that by doing her standing and tilting tests she could “eliminate at least 10 causes” and couldn’t tell us what those were either. It was right there that I decided I will not be walking any kind of road with her as an ENT. I ended up leaving without even a sick note for my work or prescription for any medication to help with the symptoms of vertigo. I had to contact my GP that I had visited earlier and asked her to provide me with a sick note for my work and to prescribe the medication that Dr Botha prescribed her after her hospital stay and tests which was medication for a viral infection and cortisones. So, you need a forum of doctors including a neurologist to tell you have a viral infection. What a joke. This is a money-making ploy of Dr Botha just to admit patients into hospital without any diagnosis or information, regardless of what questions you may ask. The icing on the cake is I have now received an invoice for an additional payment of R 1 169.80 to settle personally on top of the R850.00 covered by my Medical Aid. I was at her rooms for 30 – 40 minutes tops and they added “Prolonged face-to-face attendance to a patient” to their invoice. There was absolutely no prior communication from their side regarding what would be covered from my medical and that there would be any out-of-pocket payment required from my side. Really unprofessional way to run a practice and blindside ill patients. Avoid visiting this doctor at all costs.
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Anel M
1 reviews | Active since Jan 2020
5 Apr 2023, 14:25
My visit to Dr Elmarie Botha for vertigo treatment left my head spinning
On 31 October 2022 I was referred to Dr Elmarie Botha by my GP for treatment / assessment of vertigo. My GP’s offices phoned Dr Botha’s rooms before scheduling an appointment to make sure that they accept my medical aid, and the consultation fee would be covered, and they confirmed same telephonically. My GP had been to Dr Botha for treatment of vertigo as well the week before and my GP advised that “she had ended up in hospital for 3 days as a result of her vertigo”. My partner and I arrived at the rooms of Dr Botha, and she has no bedside manners towards patients. She proceeded to ask a few questions without giving any information and to do an exam by making me stand in different positions and furthermore by letting me lie down and tilting my head around. The worst of this was that she was chewing gum with an open mouth right in my face and throughout the entire appointment. When my mother arrived at the end of the appointment, Dr Botha was extremely rude, obnoxious, and short towards her in a manner of how dare she arrive there at the rooms. When my mother asked if they know if the hospital accepts my medical aid, her response was “There are at least 10 medical aids with 10 sub-plans. How am I supposed to know if they accept your daughter’s medical aid??”. A simple “Unfortunately I’m not sure, however you can find out from the hospital reception” would have sufficed. Her treatment plan was for me to be admitted to hospital for 3 days (even though the hospital does not accept my medical aid so payment would be out of my personal account) the next day to have scans and extensive of tests done on me so that a neurologist and a forum of doctors can assess what was causing the vertigo, because Dr Botha did not have knowledge about diagnosing me and that by doing her standing and tilting tests she could “eliminate at least 10 causes” and couldn’t tell us what those were either. It was right there that I decided I will not be walking any kind of road with her as an ENT. I ended up leaving without even a sick note for my work or prescription for any medication to help with the symptoms of vertigo. I had to contact my GP that I had visited earlier and asked her to provide me with a sick note for my work and to prescribe the medication that Dr Botha prescribed her after her hospital stay and tests which was medication for a viral infection and cortisones. So, you need a forum of doctors including a neurologist to tell you have a viral infection. What a joke. This is a money-making ploy of Dr Botha just to admit patients into hospital without any diagnosis or information, regardless of what questions you may ask. The icing on the cake is I have now received an invoice for an additional payment of R 1 169.80 to settle personally on top of the R850.00 covered by my Medical Aid. I was at her rooms for 30 – 40 minutes tops and they added “Prolonged face-to-face attendance to a patient” to their invoice. There was absolutely no prior communication from their side regarding what would be covered from my medical and that there would be any out-of-pocket payment required from my side. Really unprofessional way to run a practice and blindside ill patients. Avoid visiting this doctor at all costs.
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Anel M
1 reviews | Active since Jan 2020
5 Apr 2023, 14:25
My visit to Dr Elmarie Botha for vertigo treatment left my head spinning
On 31 October 2022 I was referred to Dr Elmarie Botha by my GP for treatment / assessment of vertigo. My GP’s offices phoned Dr Botha’s rooms before scheduling an appointment to make sure that they accept my medical aid, and the consultation fee would be covered, and they confirmed same telephonically. My GP had been to Dr Botha for treatment of vertigo as well the week before and my GP advised that “she had ended up in hospital for 3 days as a result of her vertigo”. My partner and I arrived at the rooms of Dr Botha, and she has no bedside manners towards patients. She proceeded to ask a few questions without giving any information and to do an exam by making me stand in different positions and furthermore by letting me lie down and tilting my head around. The worst of this was that she was chewing gum with an open mouth right in my face and throughout the entire appointment. When my mother arrived at the end of the appointment, Dr Botha was extremely rude, obnoxious, and short towards her in a manner of how dare she arrive there at the rooms. When my mother asked if they know if the hospital accepts my medical aid, her response was “There are at least 10 medical aids with 10 sub-plans. How am I supposed to know if they accept your daughter’s medical aid??”. A simple “Unfortunately I’m not sure, however you can find out from the hospital reception” would have sufficed. Her treatment plan was for me to be admitted to hospital for 3 days (even though the hospital does not accept my medical aid so payment would be out of my personal account) the next day to have scans and extensive of tests done on me so that a neurologist and a forum of doctors can assess what was causing the vertigo, because Dr Botha did not have knowledge about diagnosing me and that by doing her standing and tilting tests she could “eliminate at least 10 causes” and couldn’t tell us what those were either. It was right there that I decided I will not be walking any kind of road with her as an ENT. I ended up leaving without even a sick note for my work or prescription for any medication to help with the symptoms of vertigo. I had to contact my GP that I had visited earlier and asked her to provide me with a sick note for my work and to prescribe the medication that Dr Botha prescribed her after her hospital stay and tests which was medication for a viral infection and cortisones. So, you need a forum of doctors including a neurologist to tell you have a viral infection. What a joke. This is a money-making ploy of Dr Botha just to admit patients into hospital without any diagnosis or information, regardless of what questions you may ask. The icing on the cake is I have now received an invoice for an additional payment of R 1 169.80 to settle personally on top of the R850.00 covered by my Medical Aid. I was at her rooms for 30 – 40 minutes tops and they added “Prolonged face-to-face attendance to a patient” to their invoice. There was absolutely no prior communication from their side regarding what would be covered from my medical and that there would be any out-of-pocket payment required from my side. Really unprofessional way to run a practice and blindside ill patients. Avoid visiting this doctor at all costs.
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Nadia M
1 reviews | Active since Jan 2020
15 Apr 2019, 14:18
Avoid Dr. Botha at Wilgeheuwel if you have a brain injury
Dr. Botha is a doctor at the Wilgeheuwel Hospital. She is rude, obnoxious. Doesn't know anything about medicine or a diagnoses. She was 6 hours late after I suffered a severe concussion. She misdiagnosed as an overdose. She was rude and screaming at the staff in casualty, my parents and me. No treatment was given for head injury. My parents had to take me the Milpark where it was confirmed that I had severe brain swelling due a severe fall.
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Nadia M
1 reviews | Active since Jan 2020
15 Apr 2019, 14:18
Avoid Dr. Botha at Wilgeheuwel if you have a brain injury
Dr. Botha is a doctor at the Wilgeheuwel Hospital. She is rude, obnoxious. Doesn't know anything about medicine or a diagnoses. She was 6 hours late after I suffered a severe concussion. She misdiagnosed as an overdose. She was rude and screaming at the staff in casualty, my parents and me. No treatment was given for head injury. My parents had to take me the Milpark where it was confirmed that I had severe brain swelling due a severe fall.
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