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

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.

Listen or watch to explore:

• 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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