Fort England Psychiatric Hospital | |
Org/Group: | Eastern Cape Dept of Health |
Location: | Makhanda |
Region: | Eastern Cape |
Country: | South Africa |
Coordinates: | -33.3156°N 26.5402°W |
Healthcare: | Specialiazed |
Type: | Psychiatric |
Emergency: | No |
Website: | http://www.ecdoh.gov.za/hospitals/21/Fort_England_Hospital |
Wiki-Links: | List of hospitals in South Africa |
Fort England Psychiatric Hospital is a government-funded psychiatric hospital and drug rehabilitation centre for the Makana Local Municipality area in Makhanda, Eastern Cape in South Africa.
The hospital departments include a Rehabilitation Centre, pharmacy, Anti-Retroviral (ARV) treatment for HIV/AIDS, Post Trauma Counseling Services, Laundry Services, and Kitchen Services.
The hospital registered a coat of arms at the Bureau of Heraldry in 1975: On a hurt [blue disc], within a double tressure Argent [silver], a fess Argent charged with a chain of nine links Sable [black], the middle link rompu [broken], between in chief an antique lamp enflamed and in base a window Or [gold], set in a wall between two pillars, all Argent.[1] Mrs. Els designed the arms.