Groote Schuur Hospital
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Groote Schuur Hospital | |
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Western Cape Department of Health | |
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Location | Observatory, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa |
Coordinates | 33°56′29″S 18°27′46″E / 33.94139°S 18.46278°E / -33.94139; 18.46278 |
Organisation | |
Care system | Department of Health |
Funding | Public hospital |
Type | Teaching |
Affiliated university | University of Cape Town |
Services | |
Emergency department | Tertiary Trauma Unit |
Beds | 893[1] |
History | |
Opened | 1938 |
Links | |
Website | www |
Lists | Hospitals in South Africa |
Groote Schuur Hospital is a large, government-funded,
Groote Schuur is the chief academic hospital of the University of Cape Town's medical school, providing tertiary care and instruction in all the major branches of medicine. The hospital underwent major extension in 1984 when two new wings were added. As such, the old main building now mainly houses several academic clinical departments as well as a museum about the first human heart transplant.
The hospital is known for its
Groote Schuur is Dutch for 'Great Barn' and is named after the original Groote Schuur estate laid out by Dutch settlers when the city of Cape Town was founded in the 17th century.
The hospital was declared a Western Cape Provincial Heritage Site in 1996.[3]
The N2, merged with the M3, bends around the hospital and Table Mountain National Park on a massive uphill 10-lane highway. This intersection has been named Hospital Bend due to its proximity to the hospital.
See also
References
- ^ "Groote Schuur Hospital: Fast Facts" (PDF). Provincial Government of the Western Cape. Retrieved 29 September 2009.
- ^ Groote Schuur Hospital: Overview
- ^ "9/2/018/0153". South African Heritage Resources Agency. Archived from the original on 28 February 2014. Retrieved 7 August 2013.
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