| Tygerberg Hospital | |
|---|---|
| Western Cape Department of Health | |
 Tygerberg hospital and campus | |
  Shown in Cape Town | |
| Geography | |
| Location | Parow, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa |
| Coordinates | 33°54′40″S18°36′36″E / 33.911°S 18.610°E /-33.911; 18.610 |
| Organisation | |
| Care system | Department of Health |
| Funding | Public hospital |
| Type | Teaching, District General |
| Affiliated university | Stellenbosch University |
| Services | |
| Emergency department | Yes,Major Trauma Centre |
| Beds | 1384 |
| History | |
| Opened | 1976 |
| Links | |
| Website | www |
| Lists | Hospitals in South Africa |
Tygerberg Hospital is a tertiary public hospital located inParow. The hospital was officially opened in 1976 and is the largest district general hospital in the Western Cape and the second largest hospital in South Africa, with the capacity for 1899 beds. It acts as a teaching hospital in conjunction with theStellenbosch University's Health Science Faculty.
To become a patient at Tygerberg, a person must be referred by a primary or secondary health care facility. Over 3.6 million people receive health care from Tygerberg, either directly or via its secondary hospitals, such as Paarl and Worcester Hospital. During the normal working day there are about 10,000 people on hospital grounds.
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A full range of general specialist and sub specialist services include:
These services provide for advanced health care to all patients, as well as training of large numbers of doctors (under- and post-graduate) and all other types of clinical staff.
The hospital registered a coat of arms at theBureau of Heraldry in 1974 :Gules, on a mount Vert, a leopard statant erect Or, armed and langued Azure, supporting with the forepaws a Staff of Aesculapius erect Or; on a chief Argent, an antique lamp Azure enflamed Gules.[1] The arms were designed by Sheila Fort.[2]
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