The Life Parklands Clinic’s St Mary’s Wing was officially opened last Tuesday.
The new St Mary’s Wing, which is part of a R130 million upgrade to the hospital, has 36 beds supported by a 10-bed neo-natal intensive care unit, with two new theatres, three delivery rooms and a luxurious water birthing facility.
St Mary’s has state-of-the-art equipment to secure the best medical services for women, as well as their newborns.
The new St Mary’s ward replaces the women’s ward that had been in Geduld since 1951.
The old building will now be used for training nurses.
Marika van der Linde, marketing manager, explained the St Mary’s Wing is housed in the newly completed double-storeyed wing.
There is also a new ward on the ground floor and three new operating theatres with state-of-the-art equipment.
The new part of the hospital has a separate entrance, reception and parking space off Achilles Road.
Van der Linde explained the ground floor ward would be, at this stage, an “overflow” ward as they were renovating the whole hospital, ward by ward.
The wards are being changed by installing an en-suite bathroom in each, like the two new wards already have.
The project will be finished later this year.
With all the renovations and new ward, Springs Parkland Life Clinic will eventually house 247 patients, instead of the current 205.
Welcoming the guests, hospital manager, Dr Tebogo Mphake said the hospital is not just helping cure the sick, but it also serves as a tribute to the hard work put together by the constructors and the staff at the hospital.
He said the support and the commitment of the doctors also played an important role in ensuring that the hospital becomes one of the best facilities in health care.
CEO Andrè Meyer explained that Parklands Hospital has been there since 1951 and managed to deliver 32 babies in that same year.
He said the work done is to ensure that the hospital meets an international standard.
Meyer said the hospital is there to serve the health care needs of the community and that the staff at the hospital will work for the good of the people.
“We are grateful for the new wing and it is all thanks to the hospital management,” said Dr Johan Reyneke, physician and chairman for the medical advisory committee.
