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September 25th, 2007, 10:43 PM
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Name: eThekwini heart and hospital centre
Location: Riverhorse Valley, Durban
Use: Hospital
Floors: 6F
Ethekwini Hospital & Heart Centre is a new healthcare facility and cardiac centre of excellence in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal. Construction of the hospital is well underway with an expected opening date in mid 2008. The hospital is breaking new ground, as the first black owned and managed cardiac centre in the province.
Stats
- 250 beds
- Entire floor dedicated to Cardiac centre of excellence.
- Short stay unit
- Maternity suite
- Paediatric ward
- 7 theatres
- Clinical pharmacy for inpatients and outpatients
- State of the art radiology and pathology services
- Physiotherapy services
- 30 consulting rooms for specialists
- Staff crèche facilities
- 420 parking bays on level land
The hospital is owned and managed by Capensis Management (Pty) Ltd, a 100% black owned company headed by local businessman and qualified surgeon, Dr Diliza Mji.
Cardiac focus
Feasibility studies have indicated that South Africa, like the rest of the world, is experiencing an increase in the so called ‘lifestyle diseases’ of obesity, hypertension and type 2 diabetes. All of these conditions raise the risk of heart disease and existing cardiac departments in Durban are already overstretched. The heart centre will ease this burden and provide specific care for cardiac patients in a purpose built environment.
The hospital will also feature maternity and paediatric wards as well as general wards, 30 consulting rooms for specialists and seven operating theatres.
Maximum efficiency
The R340 million project is co-funded by the Industrial Development Corporation and has been built to take advantage of state of the art technology which will allow for a high standard of patient care and increased operational efficiencies.
Everything about the hospital from the ward design to the sophisticated software and medical technology works towards the twin goals of superior health care and maximum efficiency.
Design
Public face
The public face of Ethekwini Hospital & Heart Centre comprises the wards, doctor’s offices, reception and visitor areas and includes a retail space with coffee shops, gift outlets and a pharmacy on the ground floor. In this area, particular attention has been paid to décor and signage and it has its own lift system. Most wards in the hospital are south facing to maximise natural daylight without the heat of direct sunlight. Studies have shown that natural light has a positive effect on a patient’s sense of wellbeing.
Private face
The private face of the hospital services the needs of the support staff and contains the laboratories, delivery and removal areas and houses the hospital kitchen. What you will have at the Ethekwini Hospital is essentially two communities working side by side.
Increased efficiencies
The benefits of such an approach include reduced noise and disruption in the patient and visitor areas and increased efficiencies throughout the hospital.
The EHHC project team comprises members from the medical and nursing professions as well as experienced hospital managers. In creating a brief for the architects, the EHHC team has considered every aspect to ensure that the new hospital will provide superior patient care in a highly efficient environment. This hospital incorporates best practice from the ground up and maintains the highest standards of infection control and medical technology in a pleasant environment.
Future Proof design
The hospital, due to open in 2008, has taken advantage of advances in medical and other technology. EHHC’s air conditioning technology restricts air movement between departments and includes filtration for infection control. The additional advantage is that temperature and humidity can be specifically controlled in different areas.
The electrical and data cabling requirements of the hospital have been designed to support the concept of a ‘digital hospital’. The hospital’s computer system will integrate clinical, financial and operational information and will allow staff to work in a ‘paper light’ environment. Test results and radiology images will be available to medical staff as they are performed. This means that a doctor in his rooms can view and interpret results as the patient is undergoing tests in the hospital. This will allow for faster diagnosis and treatment and, it is hoped, a reduced hospital stay for the patient.
Having a fully digital hospital requires an uninterrupted power supply. In designing the hospital, a generator which allows the hospital to remain fully operational for an indefinite period has been specified. In the event of a power failure, Ethekwini Hospital will continue as normal.
One of the particular elements of the brief was to create a facility that would serve the growing needs of the community. The plan for the hospital takes into account the immediate requirements and extrapolates them into the future. The building can be expanded at minimum cost and with little disruption to the existing hospital operations. The infrastructure will support advances in technology and will still be a state of the art medical facility years from now.
http://www.ehhc.co.za/images/artistsimpressions.jpg
Name: eThekwini heart and hospital centre
Location: Riverhorse Valley, Durban
Use: Hospital
Floors: 6F
Ethekwini Hospital & Heart Centre is a new healthcare facility and cardiac centre of excellence in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal. Construction of the hospital is well underway with an expected opening date in mid 2008. The hospital is breaking new ground, as the first black owned and managed cardiac centre in the province.
Stats
- 250 beds
- Entire floor dedicated to Cardiac centre of excellence.
- Short stay unit
- Maternity suite
- Paediatric ward
- 7 theatres
- Clinical pharmacy for inpatients and outpatients
- State of the art radiology and pathology services
- Physiotherapy services
- 30 consulting rooms for specialists
- Staff crèche facilities
- 420 parking bays on level land
The hospital is owned and managed by Capensis Management (Pty) Ltd, a 100% black owned company headed by local businessman and qualified surgeon, Dr Diliza Mji.
Cardiac focus
Feasibility studies have indicated that South Africa, like the rest of the world, is experiencing an increase in the so called ‘lifestyle diseases’ of obesity, hypertension and type 2 diabetes. All of these conditions raise the risk of heart disease and existing cardiac departments in Durban are already overstretched. The heart centre will ease this burden and provide specific care for cardiac patients in a purpose built environment.
The hospital will also feature maternity and paediatric wards as well as general wards, 30 consulting rooms for specialists and seven operating theatres.
Maximum efficiency
The R340 million project is co-funded by the Industrial Development Corporation and has been built to take advantage of state of the art technology which will allow for a high standard of patient care and increased operational efficiencies.
Everything about the hospital from the ward design to the sophisticated software and medical technology works towards the twin goals of superior health care and maximum efficiency.
Design
Public face
The public face of Ethekwini Hospital & Heart Centre comprises the wards, doctor’s offices, reception and visitor areas and includes a retail space with coffee shops, gift outlets and a pharmacy on the ground floor. In this area, particular attention has been paid to décor and signage and it has its own lift system. Most wards in the hospital are south facing to maximise natural daylight without the heat of direct sunlight. Studies have shown that natural light has a positive effect on a patient’s sense of wellbeing.
Private face
The private face of the hospital services the needs of the support staff and contains the laboratories, delivery and removal areas and houses the hospital kitchen. What you will have at the Ethekwini Hospital is essentially two communities working side by side.
Increased efficiencies
The benefits of such an approach include reduced noise and disruption in the patient and visitor areas and increased efficiencies throughout the hospital.
The EHHC project team comprises members from the medical and nursing professions as well as experienced hospital managers. In creating a brief for the architects, the EHHC team has considered every aspect to ensure that the new hospital will provide superior patient care in a highly efficient environment. This hospital incorporates best practice from the ground up and maintains the highest standards of infection control and medical technology in a pleasant environment.
Future Proof design
The hospital, due to open in 2008, has taken advantage of advances in medical and other technology. EHHC’s air conditioning technology restricts air movement between departments and includes filtration for infection control. The additional advantage is that temperature and humidity can be specifically controlled in different areas.
The electrical and data cabling requirements of the hospital have been designed to support the concept of a ‘digital hospital’. The hospital’s computer system will integrate clinical, financial and operational information and will allow staff to work in a ‘paper light’ environment. Test results and radiology images will be available to medical staff as they are performed. This means that a doctor in his rooms can view and interpret results as the patient is undergoing tests in the hospital. This will allow for faster diagnosis and treatment and, it is hoped, a reduced hospital stay for the patient.
Having a fully digital hospital requires an uninterrupted power supply. In designing the hospital, a generator which allows the hospital to remain fully operational for an indefinite period has been specified. In the event of a power failure, Ethekwini Hospital will continue as normal.
One of the particular elements of the brief was to create a facility that would serve the growing needs of the community. The plan for the hospital takes into account the immediate requirements and extrapolates them into the future. The building can be expanded at minimum cost and with little disruption to the existing hospital operations. The infrastructure will support advances in technology and will still be a state of the art medical facility years from now.