Our new Emergency Centre opens its doors
The multimillion-rand facility brings 54 acute stretcher spaces and three newly renovated 24-hour trauma and emergency theatres to the people of Cape Town.
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News & milestones
Medical firsts, new facilities and stories from the wards — the latest from one of Africa's foremost academic hospitals.
58 years since the operation that changed the world
Groote Schuur marks another anniversary of the world's first human heart transplant, performed in the Charles Saint Theatre on 3 December 1967.
Heritage
A world first in patient safety
Groote Schuur becomes the first hospital in the world to eradicate Legionella from its water systems — all 54 storage tanks now certified clear.
Research
An African first in the fight against pulmonary embolism
The Cape Town Interventional Radiology team performs Africa's first public-sector catheter-directed pulmonary embolectomies at Groote Schuur.
World-class care
Robotic surgery expands access to minimally invasive care
As the first public-sector hospital in Africa with a da Vinci Xi surgical robot, Groote Schuur is shortening recovery times for public patients.
Innovation
Day Surgery unit drives down the surgical backlog
Two additional theatres and twenty beds are helping thousands of patients get the operations they've been waiting for.
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