The centre usually searched for as Lagdag is LADGAC Rehabilitation Centre in Polokwane. The name is an acronym and is often misspelt, which is why searches come up short. It is a residential centre and it operates 24 hours a day.
Official contact channels
- Telephone: 072 291 4227 or 015 023 1772
- Email: ladgacr@gmail.com
- WhatsApp, linked from the LADGAC website
- A confidential admission and enquiry form on the LADGAC website, which asks for the parent or guardian details, the patient age and province, and the type of concern
- Address: 1 Dendron Road, Polokwane Extension 44, Polokwane, 0699
Take the contact details from the LADGAC website itself. Several different numbers for this centre circulate on social media, and they do not all match what the centre publishes.
What the centre offers
- 24/7 residential support, meaning a live-in programme rather than outpatient visits
- Rehabilitation for addiction and substance abuse, and for gangsterism and crime-related behaviour, which the centre treats as connected problems
- Mental health concerns are listed as an accepted category on the enquiry form
- Family therapy and family reintegration support, alongside the individual programme
- Life skills training and community reintegration, aimed at returning a person to work and family life
Making an admission enquiry
- Use the enquiry form if you are approaching on behalf of a family member. It is designed for a parent or guardian rather than the patient
- Have the person age, home address and province ready, and be specific about the concern. The form asks you to choose between addiction, gangsterism, crime-related behaviour, a mental health concern or other
- Ask what the programme costs, how long it runs and what is included before committing. Residential rehabilitation is a significant financial and time commitment
- The centre says families, donors and partners are welcome, and publishes a donate route
If you need help right now
- Substance Abuse Helpline: 0800 12 13 14, or SMS 32312
- Suicide Crisis Helpline, operated by SADAG: 0800 567 567, 24 hours
- In an immediate emergency call 10111, or 112 from a cellphone
Sources
- LADGAC Rehabilitation Centre contact page, for both telephone numbers, the mailbox, the WhatsApp channel, the Dendron Road facility address, the 24/7 statement and the admission and enquiry form fields
- LADGAC Rehabilitation Centre home page, for the residential, family therapy, life skills and community reintegration programmes and the donate route
- South African Depression and Anxiety Group, for the substance abuse and suicide crisis helpline numbers
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