Hospital in Gauteng, South Africa
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Location | Auckland Park, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa |
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Funding | Public hospital |
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Type | Teaching |
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Affiliated university | University of Witwatersrand |
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Network | Gauteng Department of Health |
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Opened | 1967 |
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Website | Helen Joseph Hospital |
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Lists | Hospitals in South Africa |
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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]
References
- ^ a b c d Musiker, Naomi; Musiker, Reuben (2000). A Concise Historical Dictionary of Greater Johannesburg. Cape Town: Francolin. ISBN 1868590712.
- ^ a b c d e "Helen Joseph Hospital". Gauteng Province - Health. 11 December 2018. Retrieved 11 December 2018.
- ^ "Nursing Information". Gauteng Province - Health. 11 December 2018. Retrieved 11 December 2018.
- ^ staff writer (13 February 2022). "Pay up or else — Johannesburg warning after Pretoria power cuts". mybroadband.co.za. MyBroadBand. Retrieved 21 February 2022.
- ^ "Thembalethu Clinic celebrates 20 years of existence". WWW.GOV.ZA. 7 November 2012. Retrieved 11 December 2018.
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