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Frere Hospital is a government tertiary hospital, situated in East London in the Province of the Eas

Frere Hospital offers more than 850 beds within the institution as well as several dedicated wards for different specialties, general wards and outpatient clinics. Frere Hospital is well known for its specialized services such as a state of the art oncology unit, high-tech Neonatal and Pediatric ICU’s, a large maternity wing equipped with nurseries which cater to both mothers and babies. Apart fro

m the general and specialized services offered at Frere Hospital, there are also a number of clinical support services rendered at the institution providing excellent care to our patients. Our clinical support services includes Dietetics, Occupational Therapy, Orthotics and Prosthetic, Physiotherapy, Radiology, Radiation Oncology Treatment, Speech and Audiology Therapy.

05/01/2025

Frére Hospital would like to wish the community of East London well in 2025. We will continue to strive to understand your special needs and serve you well.
Please note that the hospital has introduced the morning visiting time to cater for visitors travelling long distances to see their loved ones.
11h00 - 12h00
15h00 - 16h00
19h00 - 20h00
Let's all try our best to stick to the scheduled visiting times as indicated.

01/12/2024

Frére Hospital Board would like to invite community members to an open day session to be held on Thursday 5 December 2024, at
09h00-15h00. The purpose of the open day is to empower communities in and around East London of all services provided by the hospital. This will include the days of the week and times for various specialist clinics. The information shared will highlight the importance of attending the specialist clinics that the community is referred to on the said days, also the documents required when visiting the hospital. The hospital would like to serve the community better. Your health, our priority!

01/09/2024

Frere Hospital and the Hospital Board would like to share the benefit of accessing health services close to our homes. The Primary Health Care(PHC) is essentially the healthcare that is provided in the community for people. The PHC should be the initial contact that community makes with the health care service in South Africa. This in includes the clinics and community health centres (CHC). These facilities are staffed with qualified and competent healthcare. When we access the health care service in these facilities, we are guaranteed to be served by the same health care professional. This creates a lasting relationship where the health care professional understands our conditions and develops a treatment plan. The PHC services are free. When accessing health care at the tertiary hospital like Frere, it is not always that we will be attended to by the doctors. We therefore have to explain health challenges to a new person every time. This is due to the nature of the service as a specialist teaching hospital, doctors rotate in various clinical disciplines. The hospitals attends to patients from a vast catchment area whereas the clinics and CHC, attend to patients in their immediate locality. The doctors, pharmacists, occupational therapists, physiotherapists, dieticians, speech and audiology therapists and social workers from the hospitals also visits these facilities on a regular basis to offer services that the offer at the hospital.

04/08/2024

The population of East London has grown as compared to the time when Frere Hospital maternity unit was built. At that time an average of 50 babies a month were delivered in the unit. Today an average of 450 babies are delivered in the unit. The ECDOH has acknowledged that Frere Hospital maternity has to be extended to make sure each and every mother coming to our facility can enjoy that moment of bringing to life that bundle of joy. The Hospital Board and Management are therefore appealing to the community to be patient during this construction period of increasing the number of beds. Our dedicated specialists and nurses will continue to serve our mothers to be to the best of their ability.

27/07/2024

Frere hospital would like to share with the community we serve that some times patients wait too long to be attended to. The staff do their utmost best to attend to patients as soon as they can. The hospital is experiencing high influx of patients who are referred from lower service health facilities in Joe Gqabi, Chris Hani, Amathole and Buffalo City districts, and other patients self refer themselves. The hospital services a population of
3.2 million of these districts. According to the National Health Services Referral Policy of South Africa, Frere Hospital is a Tertiary Hospital that must offer specialist services that are not available at all other health facilities in these districts, hence patients must be referred by clinicians from those facilities. The hospital is also mandated to train health professionals from university students to specialists in all fields related to health.
The following categories of patients are prioritized when arriving at our casualty unit: children under 5 years, senior citizens(65 years and above), disabled patients and motor vehicle accident patients and those brought by emergency services.
Patients are advised to seek medical attention at health facilities close to their homes as they will receive the services faster (clinics, community health centres and district hospitals). These facilities are resourced with equipment and qualified staff to offer health services that do not need require specialist care.
We value all our patients, your health is our priority. Assist us to serve you better.

27/06/2024

Please note that any complaints related to Frere Hospital can be emailed to frere.complaints@echealth.gov.za. The email will go to our internal quality assurance team, who will then look into the matter.

02/09/2023

Frere hospital community closed the women's month celebration on a high note. These women are nurturers in all respects, caring, loving and protecting their families at home, with the same breath caring, loving and praying for patients under their care. With one loud voice "as mother's of the nation we are changing the narrative. We commit to embracing our daughters-in-law, groom them to becoming good wives and partners to our sons. Love them so that they can love our sons. This is the commitment we make in rebuilding the Nation and family structures". We invite the women and mothers who believe in this Big and Bold dream to join us in this journey.

16/07/2023

Frere Hospital would like to express heartfelt gratitude to the caring community of East London who acknowledged that some of our fellow citizens need help during these cold days. Your efforts are appreciated and make a difference to our babies. Together we can go far.
Our toddlers also love their Bears. May God continue to enrich you.

13/07/2023

FRERE Frere Hospital, East London, South Africa

INVITATION TO SUBMIT EXPRESSION OF INTEREST: PROVISIONING OF CAFETERIA SERVICES AT FRERE HOSPITAL

To provide cafeteria services for Frere Hospital, from 7 am till 7 pm, 7 days per week, for a period of 5 years.

Document Availability: A detailed Terms of Reference Document specifying all the requirements will be available in the CEO’s Office during working hours (08h00 to 16h00), from 28 June 2023, from 12h00 noon onwards.

Site Visit: On 05 July 2023, at 12h00 noon

Please note: Bidders are expected to pay R100.00 to the Hospital

Board for a bid document.

Technical enquiries to be directed to:

Mrs. Lerato Kizito, Tel: 043 709 2788
Email lerato.kizito@echealth.gov.za OR:
Ms. Nomakaya Mashiyi, Tel 043 709 2360
Email nomakaya.mashiyi@echealth.gov.za

Closing Date: 21 July 2023; at 15h30. No late submissions will be
accepted.

Should you not hear from us within 60 working days after the closing date, please consider your proposal unsuccessful.

Regards

21/01/2023

It has been indeed a week of celebrations, proud parents, guardians, caregivers, teachers and the learners. Most of us, have limited knowledge of what is happening in the hospitals beyond a nurse, doctor and pharmacist. Hospital operations are complex and cover a variety of careers. Those of our learners who are still not sure of which way to go, as part of the East London community we are willing to open our doors for you to experience/witness the career of your choice.
Clinical stream: Medicine, Pharmacy, Nursing, Physiotherapy, Occupational Therapy, Dietetics, Speech and Audiology, Social Work, Psychology,

Facilities Management Stream: Clinical Engineering, Health Technology, Engineering Projects, Build Engineers, Electricians, Plumbing, Painting, Sign Writing.

Soft Services/Hotel Services: Food Services, Laundry, Cleaning, Horticulture and Grounds, Security Services, Transport Services, Environmental Health.

Corporate Services: HR and General Administration, Financial Management, Supply Chain Management,
ICT Management.

Arrangement can be done through our HRD(Human Resource Development) - 043 709 2111
It will be our pleasure to be of service and contribute to the FUTURE of our community.

20/01/2023

The Frere Hospital employees extend their heartfelt joy and excitement with the entire community of East London who had their children passing Grade 12 to start a new journey. We wish you luck in your chosen careers and hope you will come back to serve people of the Eastern Cape. To those who did not do well, do not despair, try your best again. CONGRATULATIONS!!!!

24/12/2022

Frere Hospital was established in 1881 and named after the governor of Cape Colony. It is a Tertiary, specialist hospital. It employs 2136 staff and has 868 beds to admit those who need inpatient care. Every month, an average of 29 000 outpatients visit Frere. The hospital service Chris Hani, Joe Gqabi, Amathole and Buffalo City Districts. Eastern Cape Population is 6.4million and Frere services 2.8million of this population. There is no District Hospital in the East London Region that should serve as a buffer to Frere like in other areas.
The amount of trauma has increased even before the festive season. We expect this to increase further as our community is on the roads to visit families and loved ones. The hospital's Accident and Emergency department, together with surround clinics and Community Health Centre's have tried their best to prepare for management of emergencies during this time. We will continue to do our best in providing quality service to those presenting at our hospital. Let's be safe in our roads, enjoy our drinks responsibly to reduce the accidents in our roads.

Address

Main Road, Amalinda Drive
East London
5247

Website

http://www.fh.echealth.gov.za/

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