Fort England Psychiatric Hospital

Fort England Psychiatric Hospital is a government funded psychiatric hospital and drug rehabilitation centre for the Makana Local Municipality area in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape in South Africa.

Fort England Psychiatric Hospital
Eastern Cape Dept of Health
Geography
LocationGrahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa
Coordinates33°18′56″S 26°32′25″E
Organisation
Care systemSpecialiazed
TypePsychiatric
Services
Emergency departmentNo
Links
Websitehttp://www.ecdoh.gov.za/hospitals/21/Fort_England_Hospital
Other linksList of hospitals in South Africa

The hospital departments include a Rehabilitation Centre, pharmacy, Anti-Retroviral (ARV) treatment for HIV/AIDS, Post Trauma Counseling Services, Laundry Services and Kitchen Services.

Coat of arms

The hospital registered a coat of arms at the Bureau of Heraldry in 1975 : On a hurt [blue disc], within a double tressure Argent [silver], a fess Argent charged with a chain of nine links Sable [black], the middle link rompu [broken], between in chief an antique lamp enflamed and in base a window Or [gold], set in a wall between two pillars, all Argent.[1] The arms were designed by a Mrs Els.[2]

References
  1. http://www.national.archsrch.gov.za%5B%5D
  2. Norval, Martha Susanna (1994), Beskrywing van die hospitaal- en opleidingskoolwapens en embleme in die Republiek van Suid-Afrika : 'n etos van verplegingperspektief (in Afrikaans), Pretoria: University of South Africa, hdl:10500/15667
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