Cape Town tour prior to the UIA/PHG congress 2014

1. International Union of Architects Public Health Group www.UIA‐PHG.org
PHG at UIA 2014 Durban Congress ‐ Optional pre‐Congress tour : 20 July ‐ 1 August 2014
Community based Healthcare Facilities in Cape Town
Khyalitsha District Hospital
Wednesday 30 July : Arrival and scene setting
Morning
Lunch Own arrangements ‐ meals available at the Lagoon Beach Hotel
13h30 Overview of Health Care Service and Infrasatructure Planning in the Cape Metropole
Visit to Du Noon Community Health Centre ‐ to be confirmed
Evening Own dinner ‐ either at Lagoon Beach Hotel or Cape Town Waterfront
Thursday 31 July : Day 1 Healthcare Facility visits
Day tour New Drug‐resistant TB wards at Brooklyn Chest Hospital
Mitchells Plain Hospital
Heideveld Emergency Centre
Grassy Park Community Day Centre
Evening Chris Barnard Museum at Groote Schuur Hospital
Dinner at the Fig Tree Restaurant
Friday 1 August : Day 2 Healthcare Facility visits
Morning tour Khyalitsha Hospital
Delft Symphony Way Community Day Centre
Afternoon
Saturday 2 August :
Morning tour Red Cross Hospital new Operating Theatre Complex
Other events on in and around Cape Town
Cape Town World Design Capital 2014 : Events, workshops, exhibitions, 'Architecture August' ‐ detailed information on www.wdc14.com
Whale watching in Hermanus, 125km from Cape Town. One of top world sites identified by WWF for Southern Right Whale. Whale season June to November
Western Cape and Cape Town tourism : http://www.thewesterncape.co.za/ http://tourismcapetown.co.za/leisure‐travel
Contact and booking Contact: gabbott@csir.co.za Booking: http://www.uia2014durban.org/get_involved/register_to_attend.htm
Cape Town
International Union of Architects World Design Capital 2014
Public Health Group
REVISED 26 April 2014
Cape Town is already well served with two major teaching and specialist hospitals (Groote Schuur and Tygerberg
hospitals) and a specialist Hospital for children (Red Cross Childrens' Hospital). Substantial focus has been placed
recently on the development of community level facilities for the dormitory suburbs in the area known as the Cape
Flats. The tour will focus on two new district hospitals completed over the last few years and examples of community
health centres and community day centres. A short vist will also be included of the new MDR‐TB wards at the Brooklyn
Chest hospital.
Service is currently being provided from a temporary container clinic constructed in a leased factory
building ‐ an interesting facility in itself. Scheduled to move across to a new facility July/ August 2014.
Vist will depend on the final completion date and transfer across to the new facility
Mitchells Plain District Hospital
Du Noon Temporary Community Health Centre
Western Cape Department of Health
New facility catering for the needs of long term patients and minimising airborne cross infection
A new 280 bed district hospital built off the same basic brief as Khyalitsha Hospital
Book in at Lagoon Beach Hotel. Own transfer to hotel from Cape Town International Airport.
Information on transfer options will be sent to those registering for the tour
Possible additional visit for those who are not involved in the GUPHA meeting on Saturday in Durban
and who would prefer to travel through to Durban on Saturday afternoon. Depends on interest. Own
transport arrangements
Grassy Park Community Day CentreMedium sized facility providing comprehensive community based primary health care services
Temporary centre for the period while the existing GF Jooste hospital is demolished and rebuilt
Medium sized facility providing comprehensive community based primary health care services
A look back at the theatres where the world's first heart transplant was performed in 1967
Discussion on facilities visited to date
A new 280 bed district hospital
Drop‐off at Cape Town International Airport (15:30) for late afternoon flight to Durban or at hotel for
those wishing to stay longer