Table 1 Public health facilities in KwaZulu-Natal [27]
Health district | Primary health care (PHC) facilities | Hospitals (public + state aided) | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Fixed clinics | Community health centres | Total PHC facilities | District | Regional | Tertiary | Central | Specialised tuberculosis | Specialised psychiatric | Chronic/sub-acute | Total hospitals | |
Ugu | 51 | 2 | 53 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
Umgungundlovu | 50 | 3 | 53 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 9 |
Uthukela | 36 | 1 | 37 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
Umzinyathi | 53 | 1 | 54 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
Amajuba | 25 | 1 | 26 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
Zululand | 71 | 1 | 72 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 + 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 |
Umkhanyakude | 57 | 0 | 57 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
King Cetshwayo | 63 | 1 | 64 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
iLembe | 34 | 2 | 36 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
Harry Gwala | 39 | 1 | 40 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
eThekwini | 119 | 8 | 127 | 3 + 1 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 17 |
Total | 598 | 21 | 619 | 39 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 73 |