R400-million private heart hospital on the cards for Tinley Manor
Sonjulo has been established by a group of about 50 doctors, one of whom is well-known Ballito gynaecologist and obstetrician, doctor Nombuso Mthethwa.
A R400-million state-of-the art private heart and vascular hospital is slated for Tinley Manor, with construction set to begin early next year.
Developers of the tentatively named Sonjulo Heart and Vascular Private Hospital say it will accommodate 108 beds on the site of the old Trinityhouse College next to Palm Lakes.
Aside from a specialised cardiac unit, which would be the first in iLembe, the hospital also plans to introduce maternity and childcare services and a neonatal intensive care unit in a phased approach.
A general intensive care unit, hybrid theatre and catheterisation laboratory, operating theatres and medical and surgical wards are on the cards too.
Per the 2022/23 iLembe municipality IDP, non-communicable diseases which include heart and lung conditions account for around 20% of deaths within the municipal area.
This makes a suitable hospital incredibly important, particularly for residents north of Ballito for whom travel time to an equivalent hospital in eThekwini is even longer.
Sonjulo has been established by a group of about 50 doctors, one of whom is well-known Ballito gynaecologist and obstetrician, doctor Nombuso Mthethwa.
“It would be amazing to have much-needed maternity and childcare services in this area, especially because it is an area full of young families,” she said, confirming that the hospital was coming.
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“This will alleviate the need to travel far to access these services.”
The KwaDukuza Municipality (KDM) confirmed that the site had been rezoned to Health and Welfare 1 in February this year, which allows for development of a hospital.
“All service departments and authorities (inclusive of water and electricity) considered and did not have an objection to the rezoning of the property, specifically for the proposed hospital,” said KDM spokesperson, Sifiso Zulu.
“These departments and authorities did outline conditions of approval for the development and the developer must comply with these when implementing the development. This includes upgrading of some of the infrastructure (at developer’s costs) to support the proposed development.”
Zulu said draft plans had been submitted for input, which the municipality provided, but that no final submission had yet been received by the municipality.
The developers said that license approval from the Department of Health had been received but this could not be confirmed by the Courier at time of print.
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