Ladysmith Hospital

Description

Ladysmith Hospital, a public hospital operated by the KwaZulu Natal Health Department, is situated in Ladysmith, KwaZulu Natal. The hospital has 508 beds and serves patients from the Umnambithi and Indaka Municipalities. The population served is estimated at 26 739.

GETTING THERE

The hospital is situated in Malcom Road, Ladysmith in KwaZulu Natal. Nearby main roads are the N11 highway to the South and East of the hospital as well as the R103 to the West. Ladysmith is located 68.7km South-West of Dundee and 102km South of Newcastle on the N11 in KwaZulu Natal.

PAYMENTS

Ladysmith Hospital is a provincial hospital, therefore services are free to pregnant and breastfeeding women as well as children under the age of six years old. Other citizens are charged according to a sliding scale depending on their income.

SPECIALIST SERVICES:

Out-patients

• Accident and Emergency
• CDC clinic
• Clinical Psychology
• Day Surgery
• Dental Clinic
• Gynae O.P.D
• HIV/AIDS counsellors
• Primary Health Care (Gate clinic)
• M.O.P.D
• P.O.P.D
• PEP, Crisis Centre
• PMTCT
• VCT

Clinical department

• Family Medicine
• Orthopaedics
• Psychiatry
• Obstetrics and Gynaecology
• Ear and Nose (ENT)
• Training of medical interns
• General Surgery
• Internal Medicine
• Paediatrics
• Anaesthetics
• Ophthalmology
• Intensive Care Unit

Allied health department

• Radiology
• Laboratory
• Telemedicine
• Natal Blood Transfusion Service
• Social Work Service
• Occupational Therapy
• Physiotherapy
• Dietetics
• Speech and Hearing therapy
• Pharmaceutical
• Orthopaedic workshop