Pretoria Academic Hospital
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The Pretoria Academic Hospital of Pretoria, South Africa, previously located at what is now Tshwane District Hospital, this is a state of the art hospital.
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- State-of-the-art medical equipment to the total value of R442 million has been procured for the new hospital, including an MRI Scanner, two 64-Slice CT Scanners, totally digital radiology, Picture Archiving Communication System (PACS), etc.
- Only teaching hospital in South Africa that accommodates the hospital & University Clinical Department’s offices in one building.
- Theatres, ICU’s, X-rays & associated wards are on same floor –,theatre patients therefore not dependant on lift transport.
- Largest cook/chill kitchen in South Africa,
- Compact design – only six entrances,
- 832 approved beds,
- 76 ICU beds (58 commissioned),
- 46 High Care beds,
- 61 Observation places,
- 108 beds in the Oncology Complex.
- 22 theatres (18 commissioned),
- 19 Lifts,
- 80 Consulting rooms.