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he team drew together specialist design skills with local experience and expertise to deliver the vision for the new hospital , which centred on creating a modern state-of-theart paediatric tertiary facility located on the University of the Witwatersrand ’ s education campus in Parktown , Johannesburg – a central position allowing it to service the needs of the region ’ s populations .
The design is a 200-bed , eight-theatre facility , with advanced diagnostics and future plans for expansion to 300 beds . It will operate in partnership with the University of the Witwatersrand Medical School as a primary base , and will engage with all medical training facilities across the region .
The hospital includes specialist facilities for the treatment of : cardiovascular , neurological , haematological , oncological , endocrine , metabolic and renal diseases . The project also includes facilities for paediatric surgery , whilst supporting paediatric academic research and training .
A key element of the brief was to construct a hospital that provides highquality child healthcare in a natural healing environment . This focus on
Click here to watch a video on the launch of the hospital
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