Life Orthopaedic Hospital / Groote Schuur Hospital

Cape Orthopaedic Trauma Group

Contact Information

Life Orthopaedic Hospital / Groote Schuur Hospital
Cape Orthopaedic Trauma Group
Ground Floor, Life Orthopaedic Hospital, Park Road, Pinelands / Main Road Observatory
7405 / 7935 Cape Town
South Africa
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Department
Name of department: Cape Orthopaedic Trauma Group
Head of department: Brian / Sithombo Bernstein / Maqungo
Surgeon in charge of fellows: Brian Bernstein
Scrub in
Is there an opportunity for the AO Fellows to scrub in? No
More information
Number of beds in department: 30
Total Orthopedic trauma cases per year: > 1000
Total Polytrauma cases with injury severity score greater than 15 per year: 50–100
Other activities: Weekly resident training
Language
Dominant language spoken in the operating room: English
English written and spoken by our team members: written (5)* / spoken (5)*
* Level of proficiency, with 1 equaling basic and 5 equaling proficient.
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