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Chris Hani Baragwanath Academic Hospital (colloquially known as Bara) is a hospital in Johannesburg, South Africa. It is the largest hospital in Africa and seventh largest hospital in the world. [1] It has 6,760 staff members, 3,400 beds and occupies 70 ha (170 acres). The hospital is located in Soweto, south of Johannesburg.
[1]: 215 In October 1968, the Transvaal Provincial Authority and the University of the Witwatersrand announced that the site would be the choice for a new academic teaching hospital for Johannesburg. [ 1 ] : 215 The proposal was for a 2,000-bed hospital with residential housing for 1,500 nurses and training facilities for 200 final year medical ...
The hospital was opened in 1967 and was called the J.G. Strijdom Hospital, named after J.G. Strijdom, a South African Prime Minister. [1]: 133 The hospital would be renamed 1 April 1997, after anti-apartheid activist Helen Joseph. [2] By 1985 it became an academic hospital, out-patient facilities and clinics.
There have been reports of corruption within Home Affairs. In February 2010 the department closed one of its Johannesburg offices due to corruption, [5] and in the same year, a number of officials and staff members appeared in court for alleged corruption and bribery. [6] [7] [8]
Johannesburg (/ dʒ oʊ ˈ h æ n ɪ s b ɜːr ɡ / joh-HAN-iss-burg, US also /-ˈ h ɑː n-/- HAHN-, Afrikaans: [jʊəˈɦanəsbœrχ]; Zulu and Xhosa: eGoli [ɛˈɡɔːli]) (colloquially known as Jozi, Joburg, Jo'burg or "The City of Gold") [12] [13] is the most populous city in South Africa with 4,803,262 people in the City of Johannesburg alone.
King George VI visited the facility on 5 April 1947 and presented medals to some of the troops who were still patients there. Later, the Transvaal Provincial Administration bought the hospital for £1 million. On 1 April 1948 the Black section of Johannesburg Hospital (known as Non-European Hospital or NEH) was transferred to Baragwanath Hospital.
Pages in category "Hospitals in Johannesburg" The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total. ... Queen Victoria Hospital (Johannesburg) R.
[1]: 132 On 29 September 2008, Coronation Hospital was renamed the Rahima Moosa Mother and Child Hospital by the Gauteng Provincial Minister of Health, Brian Hlongwa. [2] Rahima Moosa was an anti-apartheid activist and took part in the 1956 Women's March , protesting passes for non-white women.