Johannesburg Hospital/Hospitaal 1890-1990: History of the Hospital

Published by Johannesburg Hospital Board, Johannesburg, 1990, hardcover, illustrated, 112 paqges, 22.5 cms x 31.4 cms, condition: new.

 The Johannesburg Hospital, now the Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital is an accredited general hospital in Parktown, Johannesburg. The land on Parktown ridge where this future hospital was built, to replace the Hillbrow site, was at one time owned by Otto Beit.He donated the 22ha of land and its Hohenheim residence in 1915 to the Johannesburg General Hospital, as stated, at that time based in Hillbrow.

 Apart from the Otto Beit Convalescent Home and Baumann Convalescent Home for Babies, built in 1938, the rest of the land was unused. In October 1968, the Transvaal Provincial Authority and the University of the Witwatersrand announced that the site would be the choice for a new academic teaching hospital for Johannesburg. The proposal was for a 2,000-bed hospital with residential housing for 1,500 nurses and training facilities for 200 final year medical students and academic staff. The story is covered in this collectable book.