Hospital in Gauteng, South Africa
Helen Joseph Hospital is a public hospital based in Auckland Park, Johannesburg, South Africa. Prior to 1997, it was known as the J.G. Strijdom Hospital. As a teaching hospital, its affiliated to the University of Witwatersrand's Medical School.
History
The hospital was opened in 1967 and was called the J.G. Strijdom Hospital, named after J.G. Strijdom, a South African Prime Minister.[1]: 133 The hospital would be renamed 1 April 1997, after anti-apartheid activist Helen Joseph.[2] By 1985 it became an academic hospital, out-patient facilities and clinics.[1]: 133 The hospital also has a provincial nurses training facility called the Ann Latsky Nursing College which opened in 1981.[1]: 133 [3] In 1995, all obstetrics and gynaecology departments were moved from the J.G. Strijdom Hospital to the Coronation Hospital now called the Rahima Moosa Mother and Child Hospital.[1]: 133 In 2022 it was described as a delinquent rate payer, when it was over R44 million in arrears with its municipal bills.[4]
Facilities
The hospital is affiliated with the University of Witwatersrand's Medical School and responsible for the teaching of healthcare workers and providing tertiary health services the Johannesburg community.[2] It has two admission wards, nine medical wards, four surgical wards, two orthopedic wards, a psychiatric unit, ICU unit and a high-care unit.[2] It has eleven functioning operating units.[2]
It has a number of specialised clinics on the health campus such as a Stoma unit, Renal Dialysis Unit, Pain Clinic, Endoscopy Unit, Breast Clinic, and the Thembalethu HIV clinic.[2] The Thembalethu Clinic opened in 1992 and treats patients diagnosed with HIV, Aids and Tuberculosis.[5]
