Jamestown Hospital is a small Provincial government funded
hospital for the
Maletswai Local Municipality area in
Jamestown, Eastern Cape
Jamestown is a town on the N6 national road 58 km south of Aliwal North and 105 km north of Komani (formerly Queenstown) in the Joe Gqabi District Municipality of the Eastern Cape, South Africa. It is at the centre of a fertile sheep ...
in
South Africa
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. It used to be a (private) Provincially Aided Hospital.
The hospital departments include
Emergency department, Out Patients Department,
Paediatric
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ward, Maternity ward, Surgical Services, Medical Services,
Operating Theatre
An operating theater (also known as an operating room (OR), operating suite, or operation suite) is a facility within a hospital where surgical operations are carried out in an aseptic environment.
Historically, the term "operating theater" refe ...
&
Central Sterile Services Department Services, Pharmacy, Anti-Retroviral (ARV) treatment for
HIV/AIDS
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, Post Trauma Counseling Services, Laundry Services, Kitchen Services and Mortuary.
References
Eastern Cape Department of Health website - Joe Gqabi District Hospitals
Hospitals in the Eastern Cape
Joe Gqabi District Municipality
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