Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital
| Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital | |
|---|---|
| Gauteng Department of Health | |
 View of the hospital looking south | |
| Geography | |
| Location | Soweto, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa |
| Coordinates | 26°15′41.99″S 27°56′25.62″E / 26.2616639°S 27.9404500°ECoordinates: 26°15′41.99″S 27°56′25.62″E / 26.2616639°S 27.9404500°E |
| Organisation | |
| Care system | Public |
| Links | |
| Other links | List of hospitals in South Africa |
Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital is the third largest hospital in the world after the West China Hospital of West China Medical Center of Sichuan University, and Chang Gung Memorial Hospital at Linkou,[1][2][3] occupying 70 ha (170 acres), with 3,200 beds and 6,760 staff members. The hospital is in the Soweto area south of Johannesburg, South Africa. It is one of the 40 Gauteng provincial hospitals, and is financed and managed by the Gauteng Provincial Department of Health. It is a teaching hospital for the University of the Witwatersrand Medical School, along with the Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital, Helen Joseph Hospital and the Rahima Moosa Mother and Child Hospital.[4]
History
The Royal Imperial Hospital, Baragwanath, was built in what today is Diepkloof in 1941 for convalescing British and Commonwealth soldiers. John Albert Baragwanath owned a hostel, The Wayside Inn, from the late 19th century near the hospital's current location . Field Marshal Jan Smuts noted during the opening ceremonies that the facility would be used for the area's black population after the war. In 1947 King George VI visited and presented medals to the troops there. From this start grew Baragwanath Hospital (as it became known after 1948), reputedly the largest hospital in the southern hemisphere. In 1997 another name change followed, with the sprawling facility now known as Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital in honour of the South African Communist Party leader who was assassinated in 1993.[5]
The name Baragwanath is of Cornish origin, meaning "wheaten bread."
Daily admissions
More than two thousand patients check into the hospital's specialised clinics and out-patient departments daily, from catchment areas as far as Klerksdorp.
See also
- List of hospitals in South Africa
- Jack russel
References
- ↑ http://www1.cgmh.org.tw/branch/lnk/e/about.aspx?id=5
- ↑ http://www.therichest.com/rich-list/nation/the-biggest-hospitals-in-the-world/
- ↑ radiodiaries entry on "Just Another Day at the World's Biggest Hospital"
- ↑ http://mg.co.za/article/2014-01-23-operation-by-cellphone-light-bara-bosses-blamed
- ↑ http://www.chrishanibaragwanathhospital.co.za/#history
External links
- Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital Website
- University of Witwatersrand.
- Just Another Day at the World's Biggest Hospital on NPR's All Things Considered, 1 December 2003. Includes an audio report and a flash presentation.
- Baragwanath History in South Africa: The Baragwanath family history in South Africa.
- 24 hours of trauma TV documentary on the trauma unit by Aljazeera English. 9 January 2009.
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