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Christiaan Barnard Memorial Hospital
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The new, modern Netcare Christiaan Barnard Memorial Hospital in Cape Town doesn’ t just boast the latest technology in health care, but also an impressive wet services installation to match.
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Ilana Koegelenberg
On 5 December 2016, Netcare Christiaan Barnard Memorial Hospital entered an exciting new phase in its long history, when it relocated from the premises it had been occupying in the city centre since 1983, to brand new premises on the foreshore, adjacent to the Cape Town International Conference Centre.
The 16-storey, purpose-designed hospital is set to become a landmark in the City of Cape Town. Its new location is easily accessible from all major freeways into the city.
This new Netcare hospital offers a full range of medical disciplines— many of them highly specialised— to local, national and international patients. It incorporates, among others, 11 theatres and two cardiac catheterisation laboratories, with 61 of its 248 beds being intensive care and high-care beds for adults, children and neonates.
The new hospital building has been designed to international safety standards and incorporates sophisticated,‘ green’ principles and technology to ensure ongoing sustainability. Considerable emphasis has been placed on the inclusion of design elements to optimise infection prevention, and control and enhance patient wellbeing and their hospital experience.
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Netcare Christiaan Barnard Memorial Hospital is a living tribute to its namesake, Professor Christiaan Barnard, who performed the world’ s first heart transplant in 1967. His legacy of clinical excellence and innovation in South African medicine and that of other pioneers of important medical advances in South Africa are celebrated by means of exhibits at the lift lobbies.
Construction of the hospital’ s shell began in 2013, whereas construction of the internal Netcare fit-out commenced in March 2015. All work was completed in time for the 5 December opening.
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Inside the paediatric ICU room. |
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The fire plant room. |
Johann Lourens
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