The names of two hospitals in the Western Cape will change. The current Hottentots Hospital in the Helderberg region will become the Helderberg Hospital, while Eben Donges Hospital in Worcester will be renamed the Worcester Hospital.

The process to change the names was initiated after a round of community Imbizo's last year during which a number of objections about the names of these hospitals were raised by local communities.

Following the Imbizo's, Uys invited comment on the current names from interested parties through newspaper advertisements. A number of suggestions were received and after further consultation the Minister decided to rename the hospitals to the region/town in which they functioned.

"I believe the majority of the people in the Western Cape would support the name changes as it allows people to take pride in their local hospital " says Uys.

Issued by:
Communications for the Western Cape Department of Health.