Kalafong Hospital

Hospital in Gauteng, South Africa

25°45′49″S 28°05′25″E / 25.7636°S 28.0904°E / -25.7636; 28.0904OrganisationCare systemPublicTypeCommunity; teachingAffiliated universityUniversity of PretoriaServicesEmergency departmentYesBeds1,113HistoryOpenedMarch 1, 1972; 52 years ago (1972-03-01)LinksWebsitewww.kalafonghospital.org.za

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

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

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

^ 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]}