African Design Magazine July 2015 | Page 30

THINK TANK TRANSFORMATION Internationally renowned for the world’s first human heart transplant in 1967, the Groote Schuur Hospital in Observatory, Cape Town, has a legacy for innovation. However, to continue to hold weight the hospital needs to carry this reputation into the 21st century. GSH staff believe it is their responsibility to radically transform the system in order to continually improve healthcare and to continue to innovate on an internationally recognisable level. 30 Photography: Micky Hoyle africandesignmagazine.com