Tara Psychiatric Hospital
South African psychiatric hospital founded in 1945
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Tara Psychiatric Hospital is a public psychiatric hospital in Hurlingham, Sandton, Gauteng. It is situated to the north of the Johannesburg city centre.
| Tara The H Moross Psychiatric Hospital | |
|---|---|
| Gauteng Department of Health | |
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| Geography | |
| Location | Hurlingham, Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa |
| Coordinates | 26°06′29″S 28°02′18″E |
| Organisation | |
| Public | |
| Type | Psychiatric |
| University of the Witwatersrand | |
| History | |
| Founded | 1945 |
History
In its original form, Tara was a large estate north of the Johannesburg CBD.[1] During the Second World War, it was occupied by the Red Cross and was a plastic surgery unit.[1] That role ended in 1945 and as the Department of Defence needed to move 150 military psychiatric patients when the Potchefstroom Military Hospital was closed that year, so a decision was made to transfer them to Tara.[1] It was run by the military from November 1945 until September 1946.[1]
In September 1946, with the Transvaal Provincial authorities required a psychiatric hospital for civilians, this site was hand over to them to be managed by the Johannesburg General Hospital.[1] In the 1950s, medical, surgical, and neurosurgical sections were opened.[1]