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Doctors to build private hospital
EDITOR: BETTIE GILIOMEE
Feast of cultures this weekend
LIZEKA TANDWA
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NEW private hospital which is owned by a group of Eastern Cape doctors, is currently under construction in Circular Drive. The hospital is scheduled to be operational by mid-year in 2016.
The hospital, currently named Fairview Hospital, is owned by a consortium of doctors from the Eastern Cape region and will have 220 beds for overnight patients. Dr Andries Marais of the Eye and Laser Institute, who is one of the 11 Port Elizabeth doctors who are building the Fairview Hospital, said they saw a need to build a private health facility in the area because of the commercial and property developments that are booming currently. “We saw an urgent need for more private care in the area. The hospital will at the moment be a general hospital but we will be looking at outsourcing special care doctors to specialise in the hospital at a later stage.” Dr Marais said the hospital construction had been funded by the doctors in the consortium, as well as private donors, and no funding solution was available at the moment from government or other commercial donors. Ward councillor for the area, DA Councillor Retief Odendaal, said they welcomed the new private hospital in the western suburbs as there weren’t any hospitals in the area.
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Siblings Costa (10) and Alexia Galatalis (8) displaying their Greek flag and Greek clothes in anticipation of the annual International Community Festival which will be hosted at the Hellenic Community Hall in Conyngham Road on Sunday. This year the festival will showcase the different cultures represented in Port Elizabeth with cuisines, crafts and clothes from all over the world. Turn to page 12 for the full story. PHOTO: LIZEKA TANDWA
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