Weskoppies Psychiatric Hospital
| Weskoppies Psychiatric Hospital | |
|---|---|
| Department of Health | |
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| Geography | |
| Location | Salvokop, Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa |
| Coordinates | 25°45′27″S 28°09′54″E / 25.757629°S 28.16498°ECoordinates: 25°45′27″S 28°09′54″E / 25.757629°S 28.16498°E |
| Organisation | |
| Care system | Public |
| Hospital type | Psychiatric |
| Affiliated university | University of Pretoria |
| Services | |
| Beds | 1400 |
| History | |
| Founded | 1892 |
Weskoppies is a public psychiatric hospital in Pretoria, Gauteng. It is situated to the west of the city centre and was built on the site of the old botanical gardens.
The hospital is used by the University of Pretoria and the University of Limpopo, and others, as a teaching hospital.
History
In 1892 the first psychiatric institution in the Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek, the Krankzinnigengesticht, was established in 1892, later being renamed as the Weskoppies Hospital.[1]
References
- ↑ Plug, C; Roos, J. L. (1992). "Weskoppies Hospital, founded 1892 – the early years" (PDF). South African Medical Journal 81 (2): 218–21. PMID 1738912.
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