Leratong Hospital is a hospital in

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. The hospital won numerous awards including one for being "baby-friendly".Leratong Hospital responds well to treatment
Mogale City News, April 2005

Coat of arms

The hospital registered a coat of arms at the

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in 1982 : ''Gules, on a sixteen-pointed star Argent, a cross potent fitchy at the foot Vert, ensigned with an antique lamp Azure, enflamed Gules''.National Archives of South Africa : Data of the Bureau of Heraldry
/ref> The arms were designed by Dr J.B.M. Botha.Norval, M.S. (1994). '' 'n Beskrywing van die Hospitaal- en Opleidingskoolwapens in die Republiek van Suid-Afrika''.

References

Hospitals in Gauteng Mogale City Local Municipality {{SouthAfrica-hospital-stub