Zola Hospital Nears Completion
Client: Provincial Government
Location: Soweto (Gauteng Province)
Status: In progress
We have been keep close tabs on this project, whereby Palace Consulting Engineers (Pty) Ltd, is involved in the consulting engineering portion. We are pleased that the hospital is nearing completion as stated by one of the Palace project team members.
The hospital was initially to be built in Zola, at the current Zola Clinic site. However, it was later found that the site was too small and deep into the residential area. An alternative site was found in Jabulani, hence the interchangeable name of the hospital.
The new District hospital comprised a multi storey 300 bed, now increased to 400 beds and 14 adjacent buildings which will act as a mortuary, laundry room, pharmacy and other service buildings. The 18 000 square meter hospital includes a maternity, obstetrics, gynaecology and radiology wards as well as outpatient care and emergency department amongst other services. The new hospital is provided for the purpose of being an alternative to the overcrowded Baragwanath hospital thus assist the Zola-Jabulani and surrounding area in term of jobs creation
It is envisaged that his hospital is going to create lots of job opportunities for the locals, locals will be trained to various technical positions in term of the hospital maintenance.
This is one of the government’s numerous services provide to the Zola –Jabulani and Soweto community in particular and to the nation in general, and this project has given Palace the opportunity to illustrate, as we have done in other similar projects, our capability in improving infrastructure within local communities.
