A walk down Charlotte Maxeke Hospital heritage lane

PARKTOWN – From only 12 beds back 1886, Charlotte Maxeke has grown to more than 1 000 beds today.

October 12, 2020

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CEO of CMJAH Gladys Bogoshi shares the history of the hospital. Photo: Naidine Sibanda/File

The Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital (CMJAH) in Parktown forms part of the country’s heritage.

Sharing the history of the hospital on Heritage Day, the hospital’s CEO, Gladys Bogoshi said the first footprint of the academic hospital in 1886 was a house which had 12 beds. She explained that the building was started in 1972 but the hospital was finished and commissioned in 1978. “The hospital was named Johannesburg Hospital but generally speaking people used to call it Joburg Gen. However, in 2008 September during Heritage Month, the hospital was renamed Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital,” Bogoshi said.

In 1886 the first footprint of this hospital (Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital) was a house which had 12 beds. The building started in 1972, but the hospital was finished commissioned in 1978. The hospital is fondly called Joburg Gen#MyHeritageYourHeritage pic.twitter.com/ExhCXRU6eT

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She said Charlotte Makgomo Maxeke was the first black person to receive a Bachelor of Science (BSc) in 1901 from a university in Ohio, United States and she became the first black woman to qualify with BSc.

The hospital is quite big with 1 068 beds. Bogoshi said, “We deliver about 800 children per month, we see more than 100 000 patients per annum. We have 33 theatres that operate daily, Monday to Friday, of which four operate 24/7. On a daily basis, we’ve got about 1 800 patients visiting our 52 clinics that run daily.”

In over 100 years, the Charlotte Maxeke has seen tremendous developments. Photo: Naidine Sibanda/File

Operational manager Tersia La Bercensie added that they receive patients from eight referral hospitals which are primary hospitals and primary healthcare centres. She added, “All patients that come here are unfortunately from very poor areas. So, if they come here, we try our best to give them service, make this place like home, make it as safe as possible, like a family setting.”

Transplant co-ordinator Nancy Makoe said they specialise in giving a second chance in the life of their patients with renal failure and all patients with kidney diseases, patients who need liver transplants.

Details: Charlotte Maxeke Hospital 011 488 4911.

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Naidine Sibanda

Naidine Sibanda is Bedfordview and Edenvale News’ senior journalist. A University of Johannesburg journalism graduate, she began her career with TEACH South Africa before moving into community reporting at Caxton’s Rosebank Killarney Gazette, where she rose to senior journalist and earned recognition in the FCJ Awards. She also worked as communications officer for the James and Ethel Gray Park Foundation. Passionate about amplifying community voices, Naidine looks forward to highlighting both challenges and achievements in Bedfordview and Edenvale areas.