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

<p class="p1"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">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.</span></p> <p class="p1"><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Presented in collaboration with The Greater Tygerberg Partnership.<br /></span><br /> <span style="font-size: 10pt;"><strong>Listen or watch to explore:</strong></span></p> <ul class="ul1"> <li class="li1" style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style= "font-size: 10pt;">Guest: Thorpe Koorts, Acting Project Officer for the Tygerberg Central Hospital PPP in the Department of Health & Wellness at the Western Cape Government.</span></li> <li class="li1" style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style= "font-size: 10pt;">Brief overview of the Tygerberg hospital redevelopment project.</span></li> <li class="li1" style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style= "font-size: 10pt;">The thinking around the project and how PPPs like this benefit major projects.</span></li> <li class="li1" style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style= "font-size: 10pt;">The challenges around progress in a project of this scale, despite the clear urgency from a healthcare perspective.</span></li> <li class="li1" style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style= "font-size: 10pt;">The importance of collaboration between stakeholders including the three spheres of government, the private sector and civil society organisations like the Greater Tygerberg Partnership.</span></li> <li class="li1" style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style= "font-size: 10pt;">The future socio-economic benefits for the broader community around the hospital.</span></li> </ul> <p><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Visit: https://futurecitiesafrica.com/all-future-cities-africa-podcasts.php</span></p>