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Academic teaching hospital for the University of Cape Town. See medical schools →
Open 24 hours, 7 days a week
Casualty & department times may differ — phone to confirm.
Groote Schuur Hospital is a central hospital in City of Cape Town Metropolitan Municipality, Western Cape, South Africa. As a tertiary hospital, it provides highly specialised care and receives referrals from regional and district hospitals across the region. Located in Cape Town Western Health sub-District, City of Cape Town Metropolitan Municipality, it forms part of the Western Cape Department of Health's public healthcare network. It is an accredited medical internship training site for junior doctors in Western Cape. Accredited postgraduate training includes Paediatrics - DCH(SA), Obstetrics - Dip Obst(SA), Primary Emergency Care - Dip PEC(SA).
Has an emergency / casualty department
Some facility details via OpenStreetMap contributors and other open datasets. Sources.
Published as one total for Groote Schuur Hospital & Red Cross War Memorial Childrens Hospital Complex — it covers more than this hospital, so it is not this facility's own figure.
Published for the 2024 cycle — the most recent allocation we hold. Post numbers are re-set every cycle, so confirm on the ICSP portal.
| Cycle | Posts | Source |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 61complex total · Groote Schuur Hospital & Red Cross War Memorial Childrens Hospital Complex | PMG reply NW3249, 2024 cycle |
| 2010 | 120complex total · Groote Schuur /Red Cross War Memorial Children’s Hospital Complex120 accredited · 110 funded · 110 in post | PMG Accredited Hospital/Facility for Internship Training (Table 3A), 2010 cycle |
| Undatedrecorded 2022 | 78 | Undated legacy allocation (original source not recorded), cycle not stated in the document |
Published on SAdocs Hub, where South African doctors review the facilities they trained at. Most recent review February 2024.
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