Kalafong Provincial Tertiary Hospital (also known as Kalafong Hospital) is a public hospital in

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, South Africa. The hospital is situated on the western outskirts of

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in the suburb of

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. The

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uses the hospital as a training institution for the Faculty of Health Sciences.

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.Kalafong Hospital
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Coat of arms

The hospital registered a coat of arms at the

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in 1980: ''Azure, an Ansate cross Argent, charged on the shaft with a bee, Or''.http://www.national.archsrch.gov.za

References

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