Blue Downs Clinic

Blue Downs Clinic is a primary healthcare facility operated by the City of Cape Town, serving the Blue Downs community in the greater Eerste Rivier and Kuilsrivier area. Its core verified services are HIV and ARV treatment, TB screening and treatment, family planning, vaccinations and HIV testing.

The clinic offers same-day ART initiation for patients who bring an ID document and arrive before 10am, and TB screening runs through the DOTS programme, with sputum test results taking two to three days. Family planning services include contraception counselling, and the clinic refers complex cases to Khayelitsha and Eastern Substructure health facilities or Eerste Rivier Hospital.

The facility does not operate 24 hours, and after-hours emergencies are referred to Eerste Rivier Hospital or Karl Bremer Hospital. It suits residents of Blue Downs and the surrounding Cape Flats area who need primary healthcare, family planning or HIV and TB services close to home.