Kalafong Provincial Tertiary Hospital
Gauteng Department of Health
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Geography
LocationAtteridgeville, Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa
Coordinates25°45′49″S 28°05′25″E / 25.7636°S 28.0904°E / -25.7636; 28.0904
Organisation
Care systemPublic
TypeCommunity; teaching
Affiliated universityUniversity of Pretoria
Services
Emergency departmentYes
Beds1,113
History
OpenedMarch 1, 1972; 51 years ago (1972-03-01)

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]

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.[2]

References

  1. ^ Kalafong Hospital Archived 2012-09-30 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 27 June 2011
  2. ^ http://www.national.archsrch.gov.za[permanent dead link]


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