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Groote Schuur Hospital is a large government-funded teaching hospital situated on the slopes of Devil's Peak in the city of Cape Town, South Africa.It was founded in 1938 and is famous for being the institution where the first human-to-human heart transplant took place, conducted by University of Cape Town-educated surgeon Christiaan Barnard on the patient Louis Washkansky.
The hospital has academic links to the University of Cape Town's School of Child and Adolescent Health, [3] the University of the Western Cape Dental School and the University of Stellenbosch; [4] it is regarded as South Africa's leading centre for post-graduate specialist paediatric medical and surgical training.They called the hospital Red ...
The suburb of Oranjezicht on the slopes of Table Mountain, in Cape Town; De Waal park in the centre.. In 1708, Nicolaus Laubscher (1651–1721), who had immigrated in the 1670s from the Swiss canton of Fribourg, bought a property on the slopes of Table Mountain that he called "Oranjezicht" because of the good view from there of the Oranje (Orange) bastion of the Castle. [2]
The Heart of Cape Town Museum is a museum complex in the Observatory suburb of Cape Town, South Africa.It is in the Groote Schuur Hospital on Main Road. The hospital was founded in 1938 and is famous for being the institution where the first human heart transplant took place, conducted by University of Cape Town-educated surgeon Christiaan Barnard on the patient Louis Washkansky.
Opened. 1818. Links. Lists. Hospitals in South Africa. The Somerset Hospital is a district general hospital in the Green Point area of Cape Town, South Africa opened in 1864 and has been declared a provincial heritage site. [1] The hospital replaced one of the same name in Chiapinni Street, [1] which had been founded by Dr Samuel Bailey in 1818 ...
Brackenfell is a town in the Western Cape province of South Africa, situated on the N1 about 30 km (17 mi) north-east of Cape Town and 35 km (22 mi) south-west of Paarl. Regarded as the “gateway” to the Cape Winelands , the town marks the start of the Bottelary Hills Wine Route which follows the scenic Bottelary Road to Stellenbosch , about ...
Valkenberg Hospital. The Valkenberg Hospital is a large, government-funded, tertiary psychiatric hospital in the city of Cape Town, South Africa. It is situated in the suburb of Observatory between the banks of the Liesbeek and Black Rivers, overlooking Devil's Peak in the distance. Together with its associated psychiatric hospitals (Lentegeur ...
Tygerberg Hospital is a tertiary public hospital located in Parow. The hospital was officially opened in 1976 and is the largest district general 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 ...