The City Hospital for Infectious Diseases--conception and first years
Donald, P.R.
South African Medical Journal 54(17): 713-716
1978
ISSN/ISBN: 0256-9574 PMID: 368995 Document Number: 124543
Cape Town had no proper facilities for dealing with infectious disease when, in 1894, Dr Barney Fuller, city MOH, began a 6-year flight to establish the City Hospital for Infectious Diseases. The project was delayed, first by disputes between the city and the Colonial Government about paying for it, and then by the outbreak of the South African War. As a result, the hospital when built in 1900 was taken over by the military, and was only developed for its proper purpose by Dr Jasper Anderson in 1902.