Edendale Hospital

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Harry Gwala Regional Hospital
KwaZulu-Natal Department of Health
Edendale Hospital
Geography
Location89 Selby Msimang Rd, Plessislaer, Edendale, Umgungundlovu, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Coordinates 29°38′50″S30°19′55″E / 29.64722°S 30.33194°E / -29.64722; 30.33194
Services
Beds1,275
History
Opened1954
Links
Website www.kznhealth.gov.za/edendalehospital.htm
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Harry Gwala Regional Hospital (formerly Edendale Hospital), established in 1954, is a 1,275- [1] bed regional and district hospital in Edendale near Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu-Natal (KZN), South Africa, operated by the KZN Department of Health. [2]

Edendale is a teaching hospital — a satellite campus for the Nelson R. Mandela School of Medicine (since 2000). It forms part of the Pietermaritzburg Metropolitan Hospital Complex which includes Grey's Hospital. [2]

The hospital offers services in Internal Medicine, General Surgery, Paediatrics, Orthopaedics, Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Ophthalmology, Psychiatry, and Intensive Care. Rehabilitation services include Occupational therapy, Physiotherapy, and Speech therapy. [2]

References

  1. ↑ Alvarez, G. G.; Thembela, B. L.; Muller, F. J.; Clinch, J.; Singhal, N.; Cameron, D. W. (2004). "Tuberculosis at Edendale Hospital in Pietermaritzburg, Kwazulu Natal, South Africa". The International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease. 8 (12): 1472–8. PMID   15636494.
  2. 1 2 3 "Edendale Hospital". KwaZulu-Natal Department of Health.


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