Weskoppies Psychiatric Hospital (Pretoria)

South Africa / Gauteng / Pretoria
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Weskoppies is a public psychiatric hospital in Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa. It is situated south west of the city centre and was built on the site of the old botanical gardens. The hospital is used by the Universities of Pretoria and of Limpopo as a teaching hospital.

History
In 1892 the first psychiatric institution in the Zuid-Afrikaansche Republiek, the Krankzinnigengesticht, was established in 1892, later being renamed as the Weskoppies Hospital.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weskoppies_Psychiatric_Hospital
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Coordinates:   25°45'42"S   28°9'45"E
This article was last modified 11 years ago