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RSA (Pre-1994): Opening of the Johannesburg Hospital

RSA (Pre-1994): Opening of the Johannesburg HospitalRSA (Pre-1994): Opening of the Johannesburg Hospital
Form: Circular
By: ?
Date: 1978
Ref:  Laidlaw: 0938;
Variations:
SizeMetalMassValue
51.1 mmBronze58.4 gm$15

Edge: Plain.

Obverse: View of the hospital. On a raised roughened band above: "JOHANNESBURG HOSPITAL" and below between stops: "21 AUG. 1972 - 18 AUG. 1978".

Reverse: Across: "PRESENTED BY (in an arc) / HOSPITAL / CONTRACTORS JHB. / JOINT VENTURE BETWEEN / HOCHTIEF AG - WEST GERMANY / SPONSOR COMPANY / IMPRESIT ITALY . FEDERICI ITALY / PRODILOG S.A. . COMBRINK S.A. / CONCOR S.A. / ON HANDING OVER / OF THE PROJECT". Space below for engraving the recipient's name. This medal: "L.J. Galos". On a raised roughened band: "TRANSVAAL PROVINCIAL ADMINISTRATION . DESIGN TEAM . HOSPITAL CONTRACTORS JHB." Small circle at the foot.

Notes: The Johannesburg General Hospital was opened in 1978. It is a 2,000-bed hospital, allied to the Wits Medical School, located in Parktown Ridge. Formerly reserved for white patients, it is now known as the Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital.