ANAPIX:KARL BREMER HOSPITAL COVID-BUSTER
Karl Bremer Hospital is a district hospital that falls under the Northern Tygerberg Substructure Office. It was first opened in 1956.
Healthcare workers at the hospital provided much-needed healthcare to COVID-19 patients from 2020 to 2021, while still providing other essential healthcare services.
The hospital recorded at least 2,106 COVID-19 admissions between April 2020 – January 2021. The hospital also recorded 5,073 ( reporting data period April 2020 – January 2021) COVID-19 cases managed as outpatients.
The outpatient unit refers to residents who visited Karl Bremer Hospital and required healthcare but did not require admission or emergency care. They were screened/tested for COVID-19 and treated as PUIs (person under investigation for COVID-19).
1/24: Bellville.. 10032021 . Intravenous medical equipment in the High Care facility at the Karl Bremer Hospital in Bellville, Western Cape, South Africa where COVID-19 patients with serious breathing problems were treated. The Karl Bremer Hospital was opened in 1956 with only one ward. Initially an academic hospital for medical students of Stellenbosch University until 1976, after which it was changed. The South African Government used the hospital as a medical treatment centre for captured political activists such as Robert Sobukwe. Picture: Ian Landsberg/AfricanNews Agency (ANA)
2/24: Bellville.. 10032021 . Intravenous medical equipment in the High Care facility at the Karl Bremer Hospital in Bellville, Western Cape, South Africa where COVID-19 patients with serious breathing problems were treated. The Karl Bremer Hospital was opened in 1956 with only one ward. Initially an academic hospital for medical students of Stellenbosch University until 1976, after which it was changed. The South African Government used the hospital as a medical treatment centre for captured political activists such as Robert Sobukwe. Picture: Ian Landsberg/AfricanNews Agency (ANA)
3/24: Bellville.. 10032021. Dr De Vries Basson, head of internal medicine at Karl Bremer Hospital, at the High Care facility of the Karl Bremer Hospital in Bellville, Western Cape, South Africa where COVID-19 patients with serious breathing problems were treated. The Karl Bremer Hospital was opened in 1956 with only one ward. Initially an academic hospital for medical students of Stellenbosch University until 1976, after which it was changed. The South African Government used the hospital as a medical treatment centre for captured political activists such as Robert Sobukwe. Picture: Ian Landsberg/AfricanNews Agency (ANA)
4/24: Bellville.. 10032021. Karl Bremer Hospital in Bellville, Western Cape, South Africa was opened in 1956 with one ward. Initially an academic hospital for medical students of Stellenbosch University until 1976, after which it was changed. The South African Government used the hospital as a medical treatment centre for captured political activists such as Robert Sobukwe. Picture: Ian Landsberg/AfricanNews Agency (ANA)
5/24: Bellville.. 10032021. Dr De Vries Basson, head of interal Medicine at Karl Bremer Hospital was the driving force behind the hospital during both the first and second wave of the COVID-10 pandemic outbreak in the Cape Town area. Karl Bremer Hospital in Bellville, Western Cape, South Africa was opened in 1956 with one ward. Initially an academic hospital for medical students of Stellenbosch University until 1976, after which it was changed. The South African Government used the hospital as a medical treatment centre for captured political activists such as Robert Sobukwe. Picture: Ian Landsberg/AfricanNews Agency (ANA)
6/24: Bellville.. 10032021. Dr De Vries Basson, head of internal medicine at Karl Bremer Hospital at the Covid 19 tent where patients were treated during the height of the pandemic. The Karl Bremer Hospital in Bellville, Western Cape, South Africa was opened in 1956 with one ward. Initially an academic hospital for medical students of Stellenbosch University until 1976, after which it was changed. The South African Government used the hospital as a medical treatment centre for captured political activists such as Robert Sobukwe. Picture: Ian Landsberg/AfricanNews Agency (ANA)
7/24: Bellville.. 10032021. The Covid-19 ward at Karl Bremer Hospital which is now almost empty with hardly any COVID -19 patients. The Karl Bremer Hospital in Bellville, Western Cape, South Africa where COVID-19 patients with serious breathing problems were treated. The Karl Bremer Hospital was opened in 1956 with only one ward. Initially an academic hospital for medical students of Stellenbosch University until 1976, after which it was changed. The South African Government used the hospital as a medical treatment centre for captured political activists such as Robert Sobukwe. Picture: Ian Landsberg/AfricanNews Agency (ANA)
8/24: Bellville.. 10032021. The very high risk ward where COVID-19 patents with severe breathing problems were treated with high flow oxygen. Karl Bremer Hospital in Bellville, Western Cape, South Africa was opened in 1956 with one ward. Initially an academic hospital for medical students of Stellenbosch University until 1976, after which it was changed. The South African Government used the hospital as a medical treatment centre for captured political activists such as Robert Sobukwe. Picture: Ian Landsberg/AfricanNews Agency (ANA)
9/24: Bellville.. 10032021. Karl Bremer Hospital in Bellville, Western Cape, South Africa was opened in 1956 with one ward. Initially an academic hospital for medical students of Stellenbosch University until 1976, after which it was changed. The South African Government used the hospital as a medical treatment centre for captured political activists such as Robert Sobukwe. Picture: Ian Landsberg/AfricanNews Agency (ANA)
10/24: Bellville.. 10032021. The Covid-19 ward at Karl Bremer Hospital which is now almost empty with hardly any COVID -19 patients. The Karl Bremer Hospital was opened in 1956 with only one ward. Initially an academic hospital for medical students of Stellenbosch University until 1976, after which it was changed. The South African Government used the hospital as a medical treatment centre for captured political activists such as Robert Sobukwe. Picture: Ian Landsberg/AfricanNews Agency (ANA)
11/24: Bellville.. 10032021 .The High Care facility of the Karl Bremer Hospital in Bellville, Western Cape, South Africa where COVID-19 patients with serious breathing problems were treated. The Karl Bremer Hospital was opened in 1956 with only one ward. Initially an academic hospital for medical students of Stellenbosch University until 1976, after which it was changed. The South African Government used the hospital as a medical treatment centre for captured political activists such as Robert Sobukwe. Picture: Ian Landsberg/AfricanNews Agency (ANA)
12/24: Bellville.. 10032021. Dr De Vries Basson, head of interal Medicine at Karl Bremer Hospital walking through the Covid 19 ward that is now almost empty. The Karl Bremer Hospital in Bellville, Western Cape, South Africa was opened in 1956 with one ward. Initially an academic hospital for medical students of Stellenbosch University until 1976, after which it was changed. The South African Government used the hospital as a medical treatment centre for captured political activists such as Robert Sobukwe. Picture: Ian Landsberg/AfricanNews Agency (ANA)
13/24: Bellville.. 10032021. A high flow oxygen machine in the very high risk ward of Karl Bremer Hospital where COVID-19 patents with severe breathing problems were treated . Karl Bremer Hospital in Bellville, Western Cape, South Africa was opened in 1956 with one ward. Initially an academic hospital for medical students of Stellenbosch University until 1976, after which it was changed. The South African Government used the hospital as a medical treatment centre for captured political activists such as Robert Sobukwe. Picture: Ian Landsberg/AfricanNews Agency (ANA)
14/24: Bellville.. 10032021 .The High Care facility at the Karl Bremer Hospital in Bellville, Western Cape, South Africa where COVID-19 patients with serious breathing problems were treated. The Karl Bremer Hospital was opened in 1956 with only one ward. Initially an academic hospital for medical students of Stellenbosch University until 1976, after which it was changed. The South African Government used the hospital as a medical treatment centre for captured political activists such as Robert Sobukwe. Picture: Ian Landsberg/AfricanNews Agency (ANA)
15/24: Bellville.. 10032021. A high ventilator unit at the High Care facility of the Karl Bremer Hospital in Bellville, Western Cape, South Africa where COVID-19 patients with serious breathing problems were treated. The Karl Bremer Hospital was opened in 1956 with only one ward. Initially an academic hospital for medical students of Stellenbosch University until 1976, after which it was changed. The South African Government used the hospital as a medical treatment centre for captured political activists such as Robert Sobukwe. Picture: Ian Landsberg/AfricanNews Agency (ANA)
16/24: Bellville.. 10032021. Dr De Vries Basson, head of interal Medicine at Karl Bremer Hospital was the driving force behind the hospital during both the first and second wave of the COVID-10 pandemic outbreak in the Cape Town area. Karl Bremer Hospital in Bellville, Western Cape, South Africa was opened in 1956 with one ward. Initially an academic hospital for medical students of Stellenbosch University until 1976, after which it was changed. The South African Government used the hospital as a medical treatment centre for captured political activists such as Robert Sobukwe. Picture: Ian Landsberg/AfricanNews Agency (ANA)
17/24: Bellville.. 10032021. The High Care Unit at the Karl Bremer Hospital in Bellville, Western Cape, South Africa. The hospital was opened in 1956 with one ward. Initially an academic hospital for medical students of Stellenbosch University until 1976, after which it was changed. The South African Government used the hospital as a medical treatment centre for captured political activists such as Robert Sobukwe. Picture: Ian Landsberg/AfricanNews Agency (ANA)
18/24: Bellville.. 10032021. A high flow oxygen ventilator unit in the High Care facility of the Karl Bremer Hospital in Bellville, Western Cape, South Africa where COVID-19 patients with serious breathing problems were treated. The Karl Bremer Hospital was opened in 1956 with only one ward. Initially an academic hospital for medical students of Stellenbosch University until 1976, after which it was changed. The South African Government used the hospital as a medical treatment centre for captured political activists such as Robert Sobukwe. Picture: Ian Landsberg/AfricanNews Agency (ANA)
19/24: Bellville.. 10032021. The COVID-19 Tent complex at Karl Bremer Hospital in Bellville, Western Cape, South Africa where patiebts were treated during theheight of the pandemic. The Karl Bremer hospital was opened in 1956 with one ward. Initially an academic hospital for medical students of Stellenbosch University until 1976, after which it was changed. The South African Government used the hospital as a medical treatment centre for captured political activists such as Robert Sobukwe. Picture: Ian Landsberg/AfricanNews Agency (ANA)
20/24: Bellville.. 10032021. Dr De Vries Basson, head of internal medicine at Karl Bremer Hospital in Bellville, Western Cape, South Africa, was the driving force behind the hospital during the first and second waves of the pandemic. The Karl Bremer Hospital was opened in 1956 with only one ward. Initially an academic hospital for medical students of Stellenbosch University until 1976, after which it was changed. The South African Government used the hospital as a medical treatment centre for captured political activists such as Robert Sobukwe. Picture: Ian Landsberg/AfricanNews Agency (ANA)
21/24: Bellville.. 10032021. Inside the High Care unit at Karl Bremer Hospital in Bellville, Western Cape, South Africa where COVID-19 patients in need of high flow interventions were treated. Karl Bremer Hospital was opened in 1956 with one ward. Initially an academic hospital for medical students of Stellenbosch University until 1976, after which it was changed. The South African Government used the hospital as a medical treatment centre for captured political activists such as Robert Sobukwe. Picture: Ian Landsberg/AfricanNews Agency (ANA)
22/24: Bellville.. 10032021. Karl Bremer Hospital in Bellville, Western Cape, South Africa was opened in 1956 with one ward. Initially an academic hospital for medical students of Stellenbosch University until 1976, after which it was changed. The South African Government used the hospital as a medical treatment centre for captured political activists such as Robert Sobukwe. Picture: Ian Landsberg/AfricanNews Agency (ANA)
23/24: Bellville.. 10032021. Dr De Vries Basson, head of internal medicine at Karl Bremer Hospital, shows a high ventilator unit at the High Care facility of the Karl Bremer Hospital in Bellville, Western Cape, South Africa where COVID-19 patients with serious breathing problems were treated. The Karl Bremer Hospital was opened in 1956 with only one ward. Initially an academic hospital for medical students of Stellenbosch University until 1976, after which it was changed. The South African Government used the hospital as a medical treatment centre for captured political activists such as Robert Sobukwe. Picture: Ian Landsberg/AfricanNews Agency (ANA)
24/24: Bellville.. 10032021. A high flow oxygen ventilator unit in the High Care facility of the Karl Bremer Hospital in Bellville, Western Cape, South Africa where COVID-19 patients with serious breathing problems were treated. The Karl Bremer Hospital was opened in 1956 with only one ward. Initially an academic hospital for medical students of Stellenbosch University until 1976, after which it was changed. The South African Government used the hospital as a medical treatment centre for captured political activists such as Robert Sobukwe. Picture: Ian Landsberg/AfricanNews Agency (ANA)
