water to toilet cisterns. This water will be
harvested from the CSSD autoclaves and waste
water from the Renal Dialysis unit.
• A fully automated Building Management
System (BMS) was installed to allow for automated control of the building system and proactive response, ensuring integration across
different disciplines.
• Re-generation type lifts are being installed.
When the lift moves downwards, the lift motor
is used to generate electricity, supplying a power
bank, which in turn supplies electricity to other
lifts traveling upwards.
• Energy efficient lighting was installed throughout
the building, ensuring a 40% reduction in energy
consumption on lighting.
LONG SECTION
Safety
Patient, visitor and staff safety is of utmost
importance and special attention was given to
the following:
Infection Control
• Isolation rooms with ante rooms, negative
pressure and design that amplifies good infection
control practices.
• Private rooms in wards and other selected multi
bed rooms are provided with negative pressure
to enable separation and isolation for infection.
• Physical separation between all ICU beds.
• Hepa Filtration in ICU HVAC systems.
• 5 x Laminar flow theatres.
Fire & Emergency Evacuation
• Modern design & rational application with
evacuation plans, compartmentalisation and
horizontal and vertical evacuation plans.
• Fully automated fire detection, voice evacuation
& fire protection installations.
• Fully sprinkled building.
• State of the art fire prevention & automated
firefighting equipment at roof level for the future
heli pad.
Security
• Design of vertical circulation ensuring 100%
security to all patients.
• Access control to all critical areas centrally
monitored and controlled.
11TH LEVEL PLAN
12TH LEVEL PLAN
BELOW: Members of the CBMH project team
CONCLUSION
The Netcare Christiaan Barnard Memorial
Hospital reflects the spirit of its namesake,
Dr Christiaan Barnard. As his work was at the
cutting edge of medicine at the time, so does
this state-of-the-art hospital represent the most
innovative and technically advanced medical
facility available in South Africa, on par with similar
facilities internationally.
Christiaan Barnard
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