Richmond Hospital

Description

Richmond Hospital, a public hospital operated by the KwaZulu Natal Health Department, is situated in Richmond, KwaZulu Natal. The hospital has 180 beds and serves people who come from all referral hospitals under Umgungundlovu district and from surrounding clinics in District 22.

GETTING THERE

The hospital is situated in Durban Road, Richmond in KwaZulu Natal. The nearest main road is the R56, 3.5km to the East. Richmond is located 39km South of Pietermaritzburg and 92km West of Durban in KwaZulu Natal.

PAYMENTS

Richmond Hospital is a provincial hospital, therefore services are free to pregnant and breastfeeding women as well as children under the age of six years old. Other citizens are charged according to a sliding scale depending on their income.

SPECIALIST SERVICES:

• ARV literacy classes and drugs
• Dietetics
• Laboratory Services
• Medical
• Occupational Therapy
• Pharmacy
• Physiotherapy
• Social Worker
• Tuberculosis
• VCT (Voluntary Counselling and Testing)