Back Chris Hani Baragwanath-hospitaal Afrikaans Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital Danish Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital German Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital French ക്രിസ് ഹാനി ബരഗ്വനാഥ് ആശുപത്രി Malayalam Hospital Chris Hani Baragwanath Portuguese
| Chris Hani Baragwanath Academic Hospital | |
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| Gauteng Department of Health | |
 Chris Hani Baragwanath Academic Hospital entrance | |
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| Geography | |
| Location | Soweto, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa |
| Coordinates | 26°15′39″S 27°56′35″E / 26.26083°S 27.94306°E |
| Organisation | |
| Care system | Public |
| Type | Hospital |
| Affiliated university | University of the Witwatersrand |
| Services | |
| Emergency department | 10177 |
| Beds | 3,400 |
| History | |
| Former name(s) | Imperial Military Hospital, Baragwanath |
| Opened | 1942 |
| Links | |
| Website | www |
| Lists | Hospitals in South Africa |
Chris Hani Baragwanath Academic Hospital (colloquially known as Bara) is a hospital in Johannesburg, South Africa. It is the largest hospital in Africa and third largest hospital in the world.[1] It has 6,760 staff members, 3,400 beds and occupies 70 ha (170 acres). The hospital is located in Soweto, south of Johannesburg. It is one of the 40 Gauteng provincial hospitals, and is financed and managed by the Gauteng Provincial Department of Health. It is a teaching hospital for the University of the Witwatersrand Medical School, along with the Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital, Helen Joseph Hospital and the Rahima Moosa Mother and Child Hospital.[2] It is an accredited Level one trauma centre currently led by Trauma Surgery Consultant, Dr Riaan Pretorius. The hospital has world class trauma and emergency medicine facilities capable of all medical treatment.
- ^ "radiodiaries] entry on "Just Another Day at the World's Biggest Hospital". Radio Diaries.
- ^ "Operation by cellphone light bara bosses blamed". Mail & Guardian.