Livingstone Hospital

Hospital in Eastern Cape, South Africa

33°55′31″S 25°34′11″E / 33.92524°S 25.56976°E / -33.92524; 25.56976OrganisationCare systemPublicTypeTertiaryAffiliated universityNelson Mandela UniversityServicesEmergency departmentYesLinksWebsiteLivingstone HospitalOther linksList of hospitals in South Africa

Livingstone Hospital is a large Provincial government-funded hospital situated in Korsten, Port Elizabeth in South Africa. It is a tertiary hospital and forms part of the Port Elizabeth Hospital Complex.

The hospital departments include The Emergency Department, the Paediatric, the Out Patients Department, Surgical Services, Medical Services, Operating Theatre & CSSD Services, a Pharmacy, Anti-Retroviral (ARV) treatment for HIV/AIDS Wellness Clinic/ID clinic, Post Trauma Counseling Services, Occupational Services, X-ray Services, Occupational Therapy, Physiotherapy, Speech Therapy, NHLS Laboratory, Oral Health Care Provides Maxillofacial Facial, Laundry Services, Kitchen Services and a Mortuary.

Coat of arms

The hospital assumed a coat of arms in 1958, described as "Azure, a pyramid Argent charged with a representation of the Donkin lighthouse Gules".^[1] The arms were registered at the Bureau of Heraldry in 1968, the lighthouse being incorrectly described as a "campanile proper".^[2] The coat of arms was designed by Ivan Mitford-Barberton.^[3]

References

^ South African Nursing Journal (March 1974).
^ http://www.national.archsrch.gov.za^{[permanent dead link]}
^ Norval, Martha Susanna (1994), Beskrywing van die hospitaal- en opleidingskoolwapens en embleme in die Republiek van Suid-Afrika : 'n etos van verplegingperspektief (in Afrikaans), Pretoria: University of South Africa, hdl:10500/15667