Groote Schuur Hospital
The Groote Schuur Hospital ( Dutch for large barn , also GSH or colloquially called Grotties ) is a hospital in Cape Town . Founded in 1938, it became famous after the South African doctor Christiaan Barnard performed the world's first heart transplant here in 1967 . An attached museum is dedicated to this event, among other things.
Groote Schuur is also the teaching hospital for the Medical Faculty of the University of Cape Town . In 1984 it was significantly expanded with two new extensions. In 2007, well over 500 doctors, 1,300 nurses and around 250 other doctors worked here.
The hospital is named after the “Groote Schuur” manor that Dutch settlers established on the site when Cape Town was founded in the 17th century.
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Coordinates: 33 ° 56 ′ 28 ″ S , 18 ° 27 ′ 43 ″ E