Services offered at Ceza-Thulasizwe Hospital

  • 24hr casualty
  • Clinical forensic services
  • Eye care
  • Gateway clinic
  • Geriatrics
  • Gynaecology
  • HBC,CHW, DOTS, VCT, PMTCT,
  • Infection control
  • Mental Health
  • Medical Laboratory and access to blood bank
  • Medicine
  • Obstetrics
  • Occupational health
  • Outpatient
  • Paediatrics
  • Radiology and Ultrasound,
  • Rehabilitation and therapy
  • Residential and mobile clinics and health promoting school services
  • Social work services
  • Surgery
  • Theatres & Anaesthetics

Clinical Services:

  • Audiology services
  • HIV/AIDS counselling
  • MDR/XDR
  • Medicine
  • Radiology services
  • Tuberculosis (TB)

Community Services:

  • Case finding
  • Contact tracing
  • DOTS
  • EAP
  • Home Visits
  • VCT Service & Health Information Services

Ceza-Thulasizwe Hospital Newsletter

History of Ceza hospital Ceza means “A Roundabout Way to the Goal Ceza Hospital was established in 1916 as a Swedish mission hospital, with two rondavels. The number of patients increased so six rondavels were built for patients, a building with Out patients Department and home with twelve beds for maternity patients was established. The first Doctor arrived and stayed in a round hut which belonged to the Parsonage. The second Doctor was placed at Ceza by the Missionaries from 1939 to 1943. In the fourties two more huts and a house containing two rooms each for five patients were added. There was a shortage of trained staff. The nurses’ training school started in January 1941, one of the patients hut was renovated and turned into a lecture room. The actual building of the new Ceza Hospital was supposed to begin in 1948, but funds were frozen from Sweden due to World War II. A proper brick building including several wards and other facilities were erected in the late fifties. These were well equipped. The official opening of the complete new Ceza Hospital was done in 1952. A Doctors’ house was built in 1953 and a new Paediatric ward was built in early sixties. New developments: Bethamoya Dining Hall and the main kitchen were built in the seventies. Three Doctors houses’ to add on top of the four houses were built in the late nineties, the Physiotherapy Department was erected in 2000. A second floor was added at Anna Berntsson (AB) home for Professional Nurses and two flats for Matrons and Tutors in 2001. New male quarters, Central Stores, Transport Office, Maintenance Department, Security Guards’ house, Tuck shop, Boiler house and the Mortuary were built in 2001. A new parking area, the hospital entrance and the road inside the hospital was paved. Renovation of all houses, the wards and the departments is in process. The hospital has opened new many services. Two Park homes have been added on top of two classrooms due to the doubled intake of students. There are six Residential clinics, five R.D.P. clinics and one old clinic. The hospital is looking forward to have a new hospital structure as approved in the multi -year plan. History of Thulasizwe hospital Thulasizwe was named by a Swedish missionary doctor who proposed the building of the hospital. Thulasizwe Hospital was officially opened on the 27 November 1965 as the Ceza Hospital TB wing under Swedish missionaries. The first medical superintendent was Marta Adolfson who moved with the first group of patients from Ceza Hospital. After her retirement Dr M. Wellsted took over for both Ceza and Thulasizwe Hospital. Thereafter the post was occupied by doctors as follows: Dr Jan Larson, Dr Mthethwa, Dr Sort, Dr Rietenburg, Dr Bekkers. At present both hospitals have no medical superintendent. Dr Gonzalez is the doctor that is responsible for inpatient and discharged patients and does ward rounds on Wednesdays. The first Matron was Anna Berntsson (Uzibukwana) after her retirement sister Johnson (uSphepho) took over. Thereafter the post was held as follows: Mr Msomi, Mrs F.M. Mkhwanazi, Miss L.T. Mbatha. At present there are two acting Chief Professional nurses, Mrs. A.W. Buthelezi and Mrs. N.E. Xulu. The first CPN was Emely Mhlongo. Six groups of female that possessed standard six certificates were trained and employed as nursing assistants for male and female ward. Thereafter the number increased gradually, at present we there are 93 employees. X-ray and Laboratory was the responsibility of radiographer Mr. R. Mthembu. Two nursing assistants trained by the missionaries were responsible for taking x-rays and routine ward duties. Mr. Cloete was the first administrator and Mr. Albert Mhlungu being his deputy. Later Mr. Redman took over as administrator. Chaplain Sean Rickland was the first chaplain who offered a spiritual service for patients and staff before he left to Sweden. The KwaZulu-Natal Government took over Ceza and Thulasizwe in 1978. The word mission thus came to an end. Thulasizwe Hospital was under Ceza Management structure. Now Thulasizwe is stands on its own. The first CEO of Thulasizwe from Ceza Structure was B.B Dlamini and Mrs P.D. Buthelezi took since 2004 up until 2010. Thulasizwe is known as TBMDR Hospital.