Vryheid Hospital

Description

Vryheid Hospital, a public hospital operated by the KwaZulu Natal Health Department, is situated in Vryheid, KwaZulu Natal. It is a District hospital with 338 beds, and serves the Abaqulusi Municipality with an estimated population of 224 546. The hospital has a 24 Hour Casualty department and a dedicated helipad.

GETTING THERE

The hospital is situated in Coswald Brown Street, Vryheid, KwaZulu Natal. Nearby main roads are the R33 to the South of the hospital and the R69 to the South-East. Vryheid is located 74.5km North-East of Dundee and 68km South-East of Utrecht in KwaZulu Natal.

PAYMENTS

Vryheid 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:

• Casualty Dept/Trauma
• CDC clinic
• Dental services
• Dietetics
• Helipad
• High care
• HIV counselling
• Laboratory
• Medical - General
• Obstetrics and Gyaenacology
• Occupational therapy
• Out patients (General medical, Surgical, Orthopaedic, Paediatric, High risk Pregnancies, Geriatrics, Stomatherapy)
• Paediatrics
• Physiotherapy
• Psychologist
• Rehabilitation services
• Social worker
• Stroke unit
• Surgical (Medical & Orthopaedics )
• TB clinic
• Theatre
• Trauma counselling
• X-ray