Kalafong Hospital

Kalafong Provincial Tertiary Hospital (also known as Kalafong Hospital) is a public hospital in Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa. The hospital is situated on the western outskirts of Pretoria in the suburb of Atteridgeville. The University of Pretoria uses the hospital as a training institution for the Faculty of Health Sciences.

Kalafong Provincial Tertiary Hospital
Gauteng Department of Health
Geography
Location	Atteridgeville, Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa
Coordinates	25°45′49″S 28°05′25″E
Organisation
Care system	Public
Type	Community; teaching
Affiliated university	University of Pretoria
Services
Emergency department	Yes
Beds	1,113
History
Opened	March 1, 1972; 53 years ago (1972-03-01)
Links
Website	www.kalafonghospital.org.za

History

Construction commenced in 1965, with patient treatment commencing on 1 March 1972. On 9 March 1973 the Honourable Mr Sybrand van Niekerk, then Administrator of the Transvaal, officially opened the hospital.^[1][2]

Coat of arms

The hospital registered a coat of arms at the Bureau of Heraldry in 1980: Azure, an Ansate cross Argent, charged on the shaft with a bee, Or.^[3]