Building Healthy Communities - One PPP at a Time: The Tygerberg Hospital Story

Future Cities Africa podcast

English - June 07, 2023 18:49 - 20 minutes - 39.2 MB
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The redevelopment of Tygerberg Hospital has long been envisaged to improve infrastructure for the people of the Western Cape. Thorpe Koorts explains how maximising public-private partnerships can rebuild health infrastructure, the importance of collaboration between stakeholders, future socio-economic benefits for the broader community, and much more.

Presented in collaboration with The Greater Tygerberg Partnership.

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Guest: Thorpe Koorts, Acting Project Officer for the Tygerberg Central Hospital PPP in the Department of Health & Wellness at the Western Cape Government. Brief overview of the Tygerberg hospital redevelopment project. The thinking around the project and how PPPs like this benefit major projects. The challenges around progress in a project of this scale, despite the clear urgency from a healthcare perspective. The importance of collaboration between stakeholders including the three spheres of government, the private sector and civil society organisations like the Greater Tygerberg Partnership. The future socio-economic benefits for the broader community around the hospital.

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