Heritage Cases

Project Background: The building of a proposed new 488 bed central hospital, Limpopo Central Hospital (LCH), on a new site in Polokwane, Limpopo Province, that will provide the tertiary care for the province and which will be the major teaching hospital for the University of Limpopo Faculty of Health Sciences and School of Medicine. The proposed Limpopo Central Hospital is situated within the Limpopo Province. The proposed project footprint falls within the jurisdiction of the Capricorn District Municipality (DM), and the Polokwane Local Municipality (LM). The proposed Limpopo Central Hospital is currently situated between Edupark, the Northern Academy Secondary School and the N1 road. The proposed site is located on the remainder of Erf 6861 of Pietersburg Extension 30. Project Scope: There will be provision of the following at the new facility:  488 beds clinical care capacity for a wide range of highly specialised care;  Mostly arranged in 28 bed wards (comprising some single-bed, double-bed, four bed and six bed units);  Specific intensive care units (ICU) and high care (HC) layouts;  Maternal and child health (MCH) (Paediatrics and Obstetrics & Gynaecology) will be consolidated on the site separate to the adult component but sharing clinical and hospital support services;  A mothers lodge (capacity of 24);  A pregnant mothers lodge (capacity of 18);  Transit – waiting (capacity of 12); and  A day procedure beds (capacity of 12) There will be support for a complete tertiary clinical care and academic complex core teaching capacity, compromising of a 488 x L3 beds at Limpopo Central Hospital delivering Provincial Tertiary Services (T1) and Central Referral Services (T2) care in most major clinical disciplines.