| Chris Hani Baragwanath Academic Hospital | |
|---|---|
| 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 seventh 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. The hospital has world class trauma and emergency medicine facilities capable of all medical treatment.
- ^ Diptarka Ghosh (3 November 2022). "The 10 Largest Hospitals in the World - WorldAtlas". World Atlas. Archived from the original on 22 March 2024. Retrieved 18 September 2024.
- ^ "Operation by cellphone light bara bosses blamed". Mail & Guardian. 23 January 2014.