Care system Department of Health Hospital type Teaching Phone +27 21 938 4911 Founded 1976 | Emergency department Tertiary Trauma Unit Number of beds 1,384 | |
Location Parow, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa Website www.westerncape.gov.za/your_gov/153 Address Francie Van Zyl, Tygerberg Hospital, Cape Town, 7505, South Africa Hours Open today · Open 24 hoursMondayOpen 24 hoursTuesdayOpen 24 hoursWednesdayOpen 24 hoursThursdayOpen 24 hoursFridayOpen 24 hoursSaturdayOpen 24 hoursSundayOpen 24 hoursSuggest an edit | ||
Tygerberg hospital orthopaedic directions
Tygerberg Hospital is a tertiary hospital located in Bellville, Cape Town, South Africa. 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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- Tygerberg hospital orthopaedic directions
- Ewnonline security at tygerberg hospital
- Services
- Coat of arms
- References
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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. The arms were designed by Sheila Fort.