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Tower Psychiatric Hospital

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In addition to general psychiatric care the Hospital provides psychosocial rehabilitation services. The Rehabilitation Centre is the flagship of the institution. The Centre provides an onsite adult basic education, computer literacy, piggery, carpentry, leather works, garden projects, sewing and art
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In 1894 the colonial government converted the barracks at Fort Beaufort into an asylum for natives only. This asylum admitted both the mentally ill and patients with tuberculosis. It received far less funding than other asylums within the colony. Perhaps the most famous admission was made in 1922,
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Today the hospital is situated on new grounds in Fort Beaufort within the Amathole Municipality. The institution serves the entire province of the Eastern Cape, with an estimated population of 6.9 million. It provides medium-to-long-term psychiatric care (approximately 180 days) and psychosocial
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The hospital has a chief executive officer, clinical manager and a hospital board. The multi-disciplinary team consists of nurses, a psychiatrist, two clinical psychologists, two occupational therapists and five social workers. There is an onsite pharmacy run by two full-time pharmacists. The
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is to aspire to be a dynamic, well equipped resource in the province, capable of developing patients' life skills and potential, through skills education and training so that patients can be independent citizens capable of managing their own affairs in a rapidly changing society.
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work. The Art Work project jointly runs an exhibition with Fort England Psychiatric Hospital at the Grahamstown National Arts Festival. The Centre is embarking on an Independent Livings Project, a move towards the provision of community psychiatric services.
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of the institution is to provide an effective and efficient resource to empower psychiatric patients in the province to attain maximum level of independence, optimal wellbeing and a quality of life in a just society. The
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administrative service consists of an onsite human resources department, finance officer and supply chain office. The grounds are maintained by the workshop staff. There is onsite laundry and kitchen services.
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Patients are referred by other specialised psychiatric hospitals and mental health units from within the province. Referral forms are available from the patient administration office.
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rehabilitation services. This is a government-funded hospital consisting of 400 beds (344 males, 56 females).
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Tower Psychiatric Hospital and Psychosocial Rehabilitation Centre
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The hospital departments include a rehabilitation centre,
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Fort Beaufort Mental Hospital
Fort Beaufort
Eastern Cape
South Africa
Coordinates
32°46′18″S 26°37′30″E / 32.7716°S 26.6251°E / -32.7716; 26.6251
Care system
Type
Emergency department
Tower Hospital
List of hospitals in South Africa
government
psychiatric hospital
psychosocial rehabilitation
Raymond Mhlaba Local Municipality
Fort Beaufort
Eastern Cape
South Africa
pharmacy
laundry
kitchen
Nontetha Nkwenkwe
Bureau of Heraldry
Ivan Mitford-Barberton
Cornelis Pama
Tower Hospital and Rehabilitation Centre
http://www.national.archsrch.gov.za
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