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| Valkenberg Hospital | |
|---|---|
| Western Cape Department of Health | |
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  Shown in Cape Town | |
| Geography | |
| Location | Observatory, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa |
| Coordinates | 33°56′22″S 18°28′54″E / 33.9394°S 18.4816°E |
| Organisation | |
| Care system | Department of Health |
| Funding | Public hospital |
| Type | Specialist |
| Affiliated university | University of Cape Town |
| Services | |
| Emergency department | Psychiatric Emergency Unit |
| Beds | 370 (170 acute) |
| Speciality | Psychiatry |
| History | |
| Opened | 1890 |
| Links | |
| Website | www |
| Lists | Hospitals in South Africa |
The Valkenberg Hospital is a large, government-funded, tertiary psychiatric hospital in the city of Cape Town, South Africa.
It is situated in the suburb of Observatory between the banks of the Liesbeek and Black Rivers, overlooking Devil's Peak in the distance. Together with its associated psychiatric hospitals (Lentegeur, Stikland and Alexandra Hospitals) it is the chief provider of specialist psychiatric services to the Cape Peninsula as well as being a major specialist referral centre of the Western Cape province.
It is the main teaching hospital for the University of Cape Town's Department of Psychiatry and is also a specialised training centre for psychiatric nursing (Stellenbosch and Western Cape Nursing Colleges).