Tygerberg Hospital

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Tygerberg Hospital
Western Cape Department of Health
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Tygerberg hospital and campus
Tygerberg Hospital
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Shown in Cape Town
Geography
LocationParow, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
Coordinates 33°54′40″S18°36′36″E / 33.911°S 18.610°E / -33.911; 18.610 Coordinates: 33°54′40″S18°36′36″E / 33.911°S 18.610°E / -33.911; 18.610
Organisation
Care system Department of Health
Funding Public hospital
Type Teaching
Affiliated university Stellenbosch University
Services
Emergency department Tertiary Trauma Unit
Beds1384
History
Opened1976
Links
Website www.westerncape.gov.za/your_gov/153
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Tygerberg Hospital is a tertiary hospital located in Parow. The hospital was officially opened in 1976 and is the largest hospital in the Western Cape and the second largest hospital in South Africa, with the capacity for 1899 beds. It acts as a teaching hospital in conjunction with the Stellenbosch University's Health Science Faculty. To become a patient at Tygerberg, a person must be referred by a primary or secondary health care facility. Over 3.6 million people receive health care from Tygerberg, either directly or via its secondary hospitals, such as Paarl and Worcester Hospital. During the normal working day there are about 10,000 people on hospital grounds.

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Services

A full range of general specialist and sub specialist services include:

These services provide for advanced health care to all patients, as well as training of large numbers of doctors (under- and post-graduate) and all other types of clinical staff.

Coat of arms

The hospital registered a coat of arms at the Bureau of Heraldry in 1974 : Gules, on a mount Vert, a leopard statant erect Or, armed and langued Azure, supporting with the forepaws a Staff of Aesculapius erect Or; on a chief Argent, an antique lamp Azure enflamed Gules. [1] The arms were designed by Sheila Fort. [2]

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References

  1. http://www.national.archsrch.gov.za%5B%5D
  2. Norval, M.S. (1994). 'n Beskrywing van die Hospitaal- en Opleidingskoolwapens in die Republiek van Suid-Afrika.