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Weskoppies Psychiatric Hospital

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Care system
  
Public

Affiliated university
  
University of Pretoria

Number of beds
  
1,400

Hospital type
  
Psychiatric

Phone
  
+27 12 319 9500

Founded
  
1892

Weskoppies Psychiatric Hospital

Location
  
Address
  
Ketjen St, Pretoria Townlands 351-Jr, Pretoria West, 0001, South Africa

Hours
  
Open today · 9AM–8PMMonday9AM–8PMTuesday9AM–8PMWednesday9AM–8PMThursday9AM–8PMFriday(Good Friday)9AM–8PMHours might differSaturdayClosedSundayClosedSuggest an edit

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Weskoppies is a public psychiatric hospital in Pretoria, Gauteng. It is situated to the west of the city centre and was built on the site of the old botanical gardens.

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The hospital is used by the University of Pretoria and the University of Limpopo, and others, as a teaching hospital.

History

In 1892 the first psychiatric institution in the Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek, the Krankzinnigengesticht, was established in 1892, later being renamed as the Weskoppies Hospital.

References

Weskoppies Psychiatric Hospital Wikipedia