Kalafong Hospital

Kalafong Hospital
Department of Health
Geography
Location Atteridgeville, Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa
Organisation
Care system Public
Hospital type Community
Affiliated university University of Pretoria
Services
Beds 1,113
History
Founded 1 March 1972

Kalafong Hospital is a public hospital in Pretoria, Gauteng. 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

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