Kalafong Provincial Tertiary Hospital | |
Org/Group: | Gauteng Department of Health |
Location: | Atteridgeville |
Region: | Pretoria |
State: | Gauteng |
Country: | South Africa |
Coordinates: | -25.7636°N 28.0904°W |
Healthcare: | Public |
Type: | Community; teaching |
Emergency: | Yes |
Affiliation: | University of Pretoria |
Beds: | 1,113 |
Kalafong Provincial Tertiary Hospital (also known as Kalafong Hospital) is a public hospital in Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa. 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.
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] [2]
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.[3]