Jose Pearson TB Hospital is a specialised Provincial government funded TB
hospital
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situated outside
Port Elizabeth
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in
South Africa
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. It was established in 1966 and used to be a SANTA TB hospital.
The hospital departments include an Out Patients Department, Pharmacy, Anti-Retroviral (ARV) treatment for
HIV/AIDS
Human immunodeficiency virus infection and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS) is a spectrum of conditions caused by infection with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), a retrovirus. Following initial infection an individual ...
,
X-ray
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Services, Laundry Services, Kitchen Services and Mortuary.
References
Jose Pearson TB Hospital
Hospitals in the Eastern Cape
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