Johannesburg Hospital, Official Opening Commemorative book - SIGNED BY THE STATE PRESIDENT

SIGNED BY THE STATE PRESIDENT MARAIS VILJOEN, (WITH STATE PRESIDENT STAMP), ON 7 SEPTEMBER 1983.

COMMEMORATIVE BOOK - OFFICIAL OPENING - JOHANNESBURG HOSPITAL, ENGLISH/AFRIKAANS TEXT, HARDCOVER, ILLUSTRATED, 112 PAGES,  21.5 CMS X 30.7 CMS,  CONDITION; AS NEW 

ALSO SIGNED BY:

THE CHAIRMAN AND ALL  BOARD MEMBERS

THE ADMINISTRATOR OF THE TRANSVAAL

THE CHIEF SUPERINTENDENT

THE HOSPITAL SECRETARY

CHIEF MATRON

THE DIETITIAN, HELICOPTER AMBULANCE SERVICE, HORTICULTURAL SERVICE, PHARMACY, HOSPITAL SCHOOL

DEPARTMENT OF ANAESTHESIA

MEDICAL EQUIPMENT WORKSHOP, DEPARTMENT OF MEDICAL PHYSICS, DEPARTMENT OF MEDICINE, DEPARTMENT OF NUCLEAR MEDICINE, DEPARTMENT OF OBSTETRICS AND GYNAECOLOGY

OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY, DEPARTMENT OF ORTHOPAEDIC SURGERY, DEPARTMENT OF PAEDIATRICS, PHYSIOTHERAPY, PROSTETICS AND ORTHOTICS, DEPARTMENT OF PSYCHIATRY. DEPARTMENT OF DIAGNOSTIC RADIOLOGY, SOUTH AFRICAN INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH

SOCIAL WORK, DEPARTMENT OF SURGERY, VOLUNTARY WORKERS, WORKS DEPARTMENT

AND 

THE DIRECTOR OF HOSPITAL SERVICES IN THE TRANSVAAL 

In October 1968, the Transvaal Provincial Authority and the University of the Witwatersrand announced that the Parktown ridge  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 project went out to tender during November 1971  and the the contract was awarded to a consortium of contractors consisting of the German, Italian and South African firms of Hochtief, Impresa Ing. F Federici, Impress Italiane AllEsterc Impresit, Concor, Combrink, and Prodilog Construction. The contract was worth R72,463,000 with a completion date in 81 months. The initial cost was reduced by 25%. The main structure was opened in 1979 with the official opening ceremony four years later in 1983..