St Andrews Hospital

St Andrews hospital is a district hospital with 210 beds. The hospital is located in the Umuziwabantu Municipality in the Ugu health district.

St Andrews hospital serves a predominantly rural population. About 21% of the head count are cross-border patients, mainly from the Eastern Cape. The majority of the patients are from the Harding suburbs (Ghost town, Zelia, Mazakhele, and Greenfields), and rural areas KwaMbotho, KwaJali, KwaMachi, KwaNyuswa, Umzimkhulu, Bhizana and Weza.

The hospital vision is to achieve a better health status for Umuziwabantu community by reducing morbidity and mortality rate through an accessible, comprehensive health system. The vision is supported by the hospitals mission and core values.

St Andrews achieved Baby Friendly Status in 2003

Hospital Senior Management Team

Ms MM Vane - Hospital CEO

Mr NI Mdingi - Finance Manager

Dr SK Lumeya - Medical Manager

Ms TM Mbuwako : Monitoring and Evaluation

Mrs MR Singh - Nursing Manager

Ms NV Ndlovu - HR Manager

Mr. MM Ndlovu - Systems Manager

Mrs VV Ncume (PHC Supervisor

Telephone : +27 (0)39 433 1959 / 1472

CEO Cell: 071 078 5002

Fax : +27 (0) 39 433 2419

Email :

Postal Address : Private Bag x1010 Harding 4680

Physical Address : 14 Moodie Street Harding

Vision

To achieve a better health status for Umuziwabantu community by reducing morbidity and mortality rate through an accessible, comprehensive health system.

Mission

Our mission is to consolidate and build on the achievements of the past five years in improving access to health care for all and reducing inequity, and to focus on working in partnership with other stakeholders to improve the quality of care of all levels of the health system, especially preventative and promotive health, and to improve the overall efficiency of the heath care delivery system.

Core Values

Our hospital caters for the sick and, therefore, people in pain. Furthermore, we cater for patients with various diseases who live within a community that should accept them to ensure their psychological survival. Taking these dynamics into account, St Andrews, its leadership and staff function on the following principles: