Important Information
Emergency Patients
Only Priority 1 and 2 patients will be seen at the JohannesburgHospital. These are patients in need of Emergency Specialist Medical Care, i.e. life threatening within 2 hours, which can not be rendered at the Regional- or District Hospital, the clinic or the Medical practitioner.
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No walk-in patients will be seen
Johannesburg Hospital is an academic hospital. No walk-in patients will be seen . All patients need to be referred via a:
- Medical practitioner
- Clinic
- Hospital within the referral system. The referral doctor needs to phone himself and make an appointment with the doctor at the Johannesburg Hospital, at the specific clinic.
Treatment at one specialty does not allow admission to other specialties without separate referral letters and separate appointments arranged with the specific specialists.
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Visiting Hours
Our visiting hours are Monday to Sunday 15h00 to 17h00 – no more evening visiting hours from 15 June 2008.
For any extra-ordinary requirements, arrangements should be made with the Ward Unit Manager and Security.
Children are not allowed to visit in Paediatric wards for infection control purposes.
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South Africa’s healthcare structure
South Africa’s healthcare system is structured in 4 layers, namely:
- Primary Healthcare (Clinics)
- District hospitals
- Regional hospitals
- Tertiary (Academic) hospitals.
This structure was developed in order to address cost effective healthcare to all citizens (on appropriate level) to ensure a Better Health for All
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