Steve Biko Academic Hospital (formerly the Pretoria Academic Hospital and before 1994 called H F Verwoerd Hospital) of

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, previously located at what is now

Tshwane District Hospital Tshwane District Hospital is situated in Prinshof 349-Jr, a suburb of Pretoria, South Africa. It was known as H. F. Verwoerd Hospital (the current Steve Biko Hospital) until 1994, but is now a separate community hospital A community hospital can ...

, is a purely tertiary training healthcare institution. It is the main teaching hospital of the

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along with Kalafong Hospital in

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to west of the city centre. The hospital is named after South African anti-apartheid activist

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History

The first healthcare institution for

, was located near the military barracks in Potgieter Street. On 21 June 1890 President S. J. Paul Kruger laid the foundation stone of the new 130-bed Volkshospitaal. Despite numerous expansions, and underlined by the flu epidemic of 1918, the hospital became inadequate for the city's population. On 22 April 1927 the foundation stone was laid for the existing hospital the Pretoria General Hospital. In 1967 it was renamed the H F Verwoerd Hospital, in 1997 to the Pretoria Academic Hospital and finally in 2008 to the Steve Biko Academic Hospital. In 2006 the hospital relocated with the old Pretoria Academic Hospital building becoming the

. The

Faculty of Health Sciences, established in 1943, formed an academic alliance with the hospital.https://www.sbah.org.za/ Steve Biko Academic Hospital Retrieved May 13, 2020

Coat of arms

The hospital registered a coat of arms at the

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in 1977 : ''Gules, a caduceus Or surmounted by an amphora enflamed Argent''.http://www.national.archsrch.gov.za

References

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History

Coat of arms

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