Umlamli Hospital

Coordinates: 30°32′59″S 27°27′57″E / 30.54975°S 27.46587°E / -30.54975; 27.46587
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Umlamli Hospital
Eastern Cape Dept of Health
Map
Geography
Locationnear Sterkspruit, Joe Gqabi District Municipality, Eastern Cape, South Africa
Coordinates30°32′59″S 27°27′57″E / 30.54975°S 27.46587°E / -30.54975; 27.46587
Organisation
Care systemPublic
TypeDistrict
Services
Emergency departmentYes
Beds74
Links
WebsiteEastern Cape Department of Health website - Joe Gqabi District Hospitals
Other linksList of hospitals in South Africa

Umlamli Hospital Hospital is a Provincial government funded hospital for the Senqu Local Municipality area in Sterkspruit, Eastern Cape in South Africa. It is situated near the Lesotho and Free State borders with 74 usable beds. It forms a cluster with Empilisweni, Lady Grey and Cloete Joubert Hospital

The hospital handles mostly chronic cases like

Mortuary
.

The hospital's branch of the Ilitha College serves as a training institution for

physiotherapists, since it draws a large workforce from the surrounding villages
.

History

The hospital was founded in 1933 by the

Bozen[2] and became a Transkei state institution in 1976.[3]

References

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  2. ^ Andreas Mettenleiter: Selbstzeugnisse, Erinnerungen, Tagebücher und Briefe deutschsprachiger Ärzte. Nachträge und Ergänzungen III (I–Z). In: Würzburger medizinhistorische Mitteilungen. Vol. 22, 2003, pp. 269–305, here: p. 283.
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