08/09/2025
We were honored to host Dr. Az Hakeem, a prominent UK psychiatrist, at Eagles View Wellness Center. He experienced what Eagles View offers its clients firsthand and shared his thoughts on our approach to care. Here’s what he had to say:
I am very pleased to write an extremely positive review of Eagle’s View Wellness Centre in Johannesburg.
I do not admit anyone to places unless I have personally visited them, met with the staff, reviewed
the facilities and also interviewed the therapeutic staff.
I was impressed with the facility. They are not attempting to be a luxury treatment facility, and, indeed, this is not needed by the majority of patients. What they do offer is a comfortable level of accommodation with single rooms and excellent facilities. The staff are very personable and have a very positive attitude and the therapy programme is full and excellent for patients with straightforward or complex addiction problems.
In addition to the formal therapies, there is an exciting array of weekend activities and I was extremely pleased to go on one of these, which was to visit a big cat IVF centre where I was able to walk with lions, something I never thought I would do in my lifetime. The fun activities help addiction patients realize that there are enjoyable aspects of life outside of addiction and very few other places will be able to offer this.
One of the biggest selling points for Eagle’s View is the price point. I do not know of anywhere which is able to match their price point and, whilst offering a similar level of accommodation to the main London treatment centres, for UK patients it is less than a third of the price and so for my self-funding patients who do not have health insurance this is my first choice in terms of standards of treatment, accommodation and cost effectiveness.
One of the first patients I sent to Eagle’s View was a patient who was a doctor himself with complex addiction problems in addition to physical health problems and they were able to manage this well coordinating with the local medical team at a local hospital. Both the patient and his parents, who are also doctors, were very impressed with Eagle's View and the helpful, personable nature especially of George Georgas who helped coordinate the admission process and facilitated the transfer. I have no hesitation in recommending Eagle's view to anyone and out of all the patients I have sent there to date none have had anything bad to say about it.
Dr.Az Hakeem
MBBS MSc FRCPsych Consultant Psychiatrist & Medical Psychotherapist
