Kalafong Hospital
Kalafong Provincial Tertiary Hospital | |
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Gauteng Department of Health | |
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Geography | |
Location | Atteridgeville, Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa |
Coordinates | 25°45′49″S 28°05′25″E / 25.7636°S 28.0904°E |
Organisation | |
Care system | Public |
Type | Community; teaching |
Affiliated university | University of Pretoria |
Services | |
Emergency department | Yes |
Beds | 1,113 |
History | |
Opened | March 1, 1972 |
Links | |
Website | www |
Kalafong Provincial Tertiary Hospital (also known as Kalafong Hospital) is a public hospital in Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa. The hospital is situated on the western outskirts of Pretoria in the suburb of Atteridgeville. The University of Pretoria uses the hospital as a training institution for the Faculty of Health Sciences.
History
[edit]Construction commenced in 1965, with patient treatment commencing on 1 March 1972. On 9 March 1973 the Honourable Mr Sybrand van Niekerk, then Administrator of the Transvaal, officially opened the hospital.[1][2]
Coat of arms
[edit]The hospital registered a coat of arms at the Bureau of Heraldry in 1980: Azure, an Ansate cross Argent, charged on the shaft with a bee, Or.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ Kalafong Hospital Archived 2012-09-30 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 27 June 2011
- ^ "About Kalafong Provincial Tertiary Hospital". www.kalafonghospital.org.za. 24 August 2023. Retrieved 14 March 2024.
- ^ http://www.national.archsrch.gov.za[permanent dead link]