Limpopo Central Hospital Project
South Africa
Proposed
Social Infrastructure
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South Africa’s public hospitals face significant challenges such as inadequate infrastructure and equipment, understaffing, medicine shortages and long waiting times due to resource constraints. There are also geographical inequalities in healthcare resources amongst the provinces, with Limpopo province experiencing one of the largest deficit in tertiary care beds.
The proposed Limpopo Central Hospital (the “Project”) in Polokwane, capital city of Limpopo Province, is a critical response to address the above challenges. The Project includes the construction of a new hospital that will provide the tertiary medical care for the province and will also be the major teaching hospital for the University of Limpopo Faculty of Health Sciences and School of Medicine.
The Project comprises 488 tertiary beds medical care capacity for a range of highly specialized care. It has 17 operating theatres, including for burns, obstetrics, cardiac and trauma care, two of which will have attached teaching room. Clinical support services will include X-rays, MRIs and CTs, laboratories, blood bank, pharmacy, lodging facilities, etc.
As a major teaching hospital, academic facilities for training healthcare professionals are also included in the Project.
The Project’s impact will be a contribution to the National Development Plan: Vision 2030, by improving the healthcare infrastructure, providing accessible and quality health services, and reducing health inequalities in the region.