Edendale Hospital

Edendale Hospital, established in 1954, is a 1,275-[1] bed regional and district hospital in Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu-Natal (KZN), South Africa, operated by the KZN Department of Health.[2]

Edendale Hospital
KwaZulu-Natal Department of Health
Geography
Location89 Selby Msimang Rd, Plessislaer, Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Coordinates29°38′50″S 30°19′55″E
Services
Beds1,275
History
Opened1954
Links
Websitewww.kznhealth.gov.za/edendalehospital.htm
ListsHospitals in South Africa

Edendale is a teaching hospital a satellite campus for the Nelson R. Mandela School of Medicine (since 2000). It forms part of the Pietermaritzburg Metropolitan Hospital Complex which includes Grey's Hospital.[2]

The hospital offers services in Internal Medicine, General Surgery, Paediatrics, Orthopaedics, Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Ophthalmology, Psychiatry, and Intensive Care. Rehabilitation services include Occupational therapy, Physiotherapy, and Speech therapy.[2]

References

  1. Alvarez, G. G.; Thembela, B. L.; Muller, F. J.; Clinch, J.; Singhal, N.; Cameron, D. W. (2004). "Tuberculosis at Edendale Hospital in Pietermaritzburg, Kwazulu Natal, South Africa". The International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease. 8 (12): 1472–8. PMID 15636494.
  2. "Edendale Hospital". KwaZulu-Natal Department of Health.


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