Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital

Hospital in Western Cape, South Africa
33°57′14″S 18°29′17″E / 33.954°S 18.488°E / -33.954; 18.488OrganisationCare systemDepartment of HealthFundingPublic hospitalTypeSpecialistAffiliated universityUniversity of Cape Town, University of the Western Cape, Stellenbosch UniversityServicesBeds300SpecialityPaediatricsHistoryOpened1956LinksWebsitewww.westerncape.gov.za/redcrosshospitalListsHospitals in South Africa

Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital in Cape Town, South Africa was opened in 1956[1][2] through public subscription as a memorial to soldiers lost in the Second World War. The suggestion that the memorial take the form of a children's hospital was proposed by Vyvyan U.T. Watson. Mr Watson, a prominent businessman, had lost his first born and only son, Peter Tennant Watson, at about four years old, to an outbreak of diphtheria in Cape Town. Mr Watson was a major force in steering the organization of the building of the hospital. The Peter Pan statue on the hospital grounds, sculpted by Ivan Mitford-Barberton, was donated by Mr Watson and his wife, Gwendolyn. Mr Watson was later President of the South African Red Cross Society. It is one of two dedicated children's public hospitals in sub-Saharan Africa, and one of only a few dedicated children's hospitals in the Southern hemisphere.

The hospital has academic links to the University of Cape Town's School of Child and Adolescent Health,[3] the University of the Western Cape Dental School and the University of Stellenbosch;[4] it is regarded as South Africa's leading centre for post-graduate specialist paediatric medical and surgical training.

References

  1. ^ Millar, Alastair J. W.; Rode, Heinz (23 March 2012). "Our surgical heritage: the role of the Department of Paediatric Surgery in the development of paediatric surgery in Cape Town, in Africa, and around the world". South African Medical Journal. 102 (6): 409–411–411. doi:10.7196/SAMJ.5744. ISSN 2078-5135.
  2. ^ "Opening of the Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital Ward B2: Mr Theuns Botha, Western Cape Minister of Health | South African Government". www.gov.za. Retrieved 2 May 2019.
  3. ^ "Location of the Institute of Child Health Library | Institute of Child Health Library". www.institutechildhealth.lib.uct.ac.za. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
  4. ^ "Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital: Related Links". Western Cape Government. Retrieved 11 May 2019.

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