Pretoria Academic Hospital
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Pretoria
Pretoria is a city located in the northern part of Gauteng Province, South Africa. It is one of the country's three capital cities, serving as the executive and de facto national capital; the others are Cape Town, the legislative capital, and Bloemfontein, the judicial capital.Pretoria is...
, South Africa
South Africa
The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...
, previously located at what is now Tshwane District Hospital
Tshwane District Hospital
Tshwane District Hospital, previously known as Pretoria Academic Hospital, it is now a community hospital that deals in non-critical care.Official website...
, is a purely tertiary healthcare institution. It is the main teaching hospital of the University of Pretoria
University of Pretoria
The University of Pretoria is a multi campus public research university located in Pretoria, the administrative and de facto capital of South Africa...
along with Kalafong Hospital
Kalafong Hospital
Kalafong Hospital is a public hospital in Pretoria, Gauteng. The hospital is situated on the western outskirts of Pretoria in the suburb of Attridgeville. The University of Pretoria uses the hospital as a training institution for the Faculty of Health Sciences.-History:Construction commenced in...
in Attrigeville to west of the city centre.
The first healthcare institution for the capital of the Zuid-Afrikaanse Republiek, Pretoria, was located near the military barracks in Potgieter Street.
On 21 June 1890 President S J P Kruger laid the foundation stone of the new 130 bed Volkshospital.
Despite numerous expansions, and underlined by the flu epidemic of 1918, the hospital became inadequate for the city's population.
On 22 April 1927 the foundation stone was laid for the existing hospital the Pretoria General Hospital.
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