General hospital

Panorama is one of the best hospitals in the western cape with most of the best services a hospital can provide.Car parking even in the quiets time of the month is a big problem and although plans for parking buildings are already planned for a couple of years action is really needed to alleviates the parking shortages.

This hospital is so slow and noisy, waiting 5 hours for a injection for pain is disgusting.The noise in the wards are so bad that one cannot get decent sleep, you get your meds at 10h30-11pm at times and then be woken up at 4am for blood pressure.

Ceza Hospital is a Level 1, District Hospital. It is in Zululand and has a Nursing school training enrolled categories and a bridging course. Ceza Hospital has 160 useable beds plus 12 lodger mother beds. There are nine (9) fixed clinics and one (1) mobile clinic with thirty (30) visiting points. There is no clinic offering a 24- hour service but Ceza hospital provides this service. The Hospital serves a population of about 40 353. The Ceza area is deeply rural with very poor gravel roads. It is also marked by high unemployment and poverty rates.However, the Hospital stakeholders are competitive and skilled members. Typical of a rural hospital - issues as lack of Doctors, some material and infrastructure are at the centrefold of the hospital development. Stats provided were taken from the department of Health Ceza Hospital's page.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.

Have been here for 3 hours. Doctors already saw me and prescribed meds and drips. Nurses chatting and messing around. No idea what's happening. Still waiting for drip. Worst service ever!

Worst hospital. I’ve never been so traumatised. Nurses at labor Ward are so rude and uncaring. My heart still aches till this day. Imagine going through labor and here the nurses are being mean to you. I’m actually thinking of suing this one nurse who was on my case encouraging the other nurses as well. I will never forget her face.

Rather use alternative hospitals than this one. You will pay all per-required payments after months you have been discharged you will be told you are owing then they send debt collectors.There is no transparency. The hospital should conduct services according to the scheme rules and per individual medical aid options.

The best rural hospital in the eastern cape, with doctor's whose focus is on patient care.

Our baby daughter was in ICU, and I can honestly say the sisters and staff where so great!!!They gave my baby the best possible care and also to her mother. I was really pleased with the experience

Worst hospital, i dont even know why we pay such high amounts for bad service. Came in at 7:50 at casualty and at 10: 48 i was still waiting for a Dr. My 10month old has a fever and pus coming out her ear but was attended after hours.

It's a super nice hospital and people here very friendly