Brewelskloof Hospital: Admission Criteria, Services, Visiting Hours, Contact

Brewelskloof Hospital is a specialised TB hospital for the Cape Winelands and Overberg districts that admits both adults and children and is one of the six TB hospitals of the Western Cape. No fees are handled as TB treatment is a free service offered by the Provincial Government.

It is also the designated multi-drug resistant (MDR) specialist centre and is responsible for the management of MDR patients in the region.

It presently has 199 beds for TB patients and 15 beds for the Case Verification Ward of the SATVI Project (research done by the University of Cape Town).

Diagnosed TB patients who:

• Are too ill to take medication at the local clinic.
• Experience side effects of TB drugs.
• Have resistant strains of TB.
• Need injections and cannot receive it on a daily basis locally.
• Have a history of defaulting treatment.
• Have poor social circumstances, especially children in this situation.

Patients are offered the following services:

• TB outreach.
• TB counselling.
• Occupational therapy.
• Social work services.
• Physiotherapy.
• Radiology.
• Respiratory clinic.
• Cardio-thoracic clinic.

Visiting hours for patients are:

Weekdays
15:00 - 16:00 and 19:00 - 20:00

Saturdays / Sundays / Public Holidays
11:00-12:00 and 14:00 - 16:00

Contact:

Street address: Haarlem Street, Worcester
Postal address: Private Bag X3044, Worcester, 6849
Tel: 023 348 1351
Fax: 023 348 1359
 

Hospital Management:

Manager: Medical Services: Dr Danie Theron
Deputy Manager Nursing: Mrs Rochelle van Rooyen
Deputy Director Finance: Mr Fred Gehring
Deputy Director HR & Facility: Mrs Lena Jendrissek