Internship Reviews Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital Complex Rural Allowance: No Doctors Quarters: 3 and a half star – really decent. Small bachelors flat that can fit a double/queen bed with space for a small couch/small dining table. Connection for DSTV. Small kitchen – enough for one person. Bar fridge and
Internship Reviews Chris Hani/Baragwanath Hospital Complex Rural allowance: No Doctor’s Quarters Revamped- no showers initially, very few functional toilets. No communal kitchen Only used it on ward call and it is very basic. Hearsay – not great: run down, inconsistent water and electricity supply. Terrible. Do not recommend Poorly lemon, no
Internship Reviews Dr George Mukhari Academic Hospital Complex Rural Allowance: No Doctors Quarters: Old and poorly maintained You can get a single room without a kitchen, or a small flat with a living room and kitchen. Academics: Some departments The teaching is very self driven, and department dependent. Supervision: Very good
Internship Reviews Edenvale General Hospital Complex Rural Allowance: No Doctors Quarters: Didn’t stay but most of the doctors moved out within the first 6 months. Academics: Various teaching ward rounds, M&M’s and teaching meetings in all departments. Supervision: Hardly ever had to do anything alone as an intern. Supervision is good.
Internship Reviews Far East Rand Hospital Complex Rural Allowance: No comment yet. Doctors Quarters: 3/5. No comments yet. Academics: 4/5. No comments yet. Supervision: 4/5. No comments yet. Clinical Exposure: 5/5. No comments yet. Social Scene: 5/5. No comments yet. Additional Comments: No comments yet. Read about furthering your education
Internship Reviews Kalafong Provincial Tertiary hospital Complex Rural Allowance: No Doctors Quarters: Average upkeep, unsafe. I don’t stay there myself, but I’ve only heard bad things about it. It is old and run down, with lots of cockroaches. It is not on the hospital premises, but at Pretoria West hospital about
Internship Reviews Helen Joseph/ Rahima Moosa Mother and Child Hospital Complex Rural Allowance: No Doctors Quarters: Can’t comment as never stayed in the DQ I’ve heard it’s not great and poorly serviced Unsure Did not stay there Academics: Good teaching overall, very department, consultant and reg specific. Not much teaching Good
Internship Reviews Tembisa Provincial Tertiary hospital Complex Rural Allowance: No Doctors Quarters: Shared bathrooms. No furniture. You share the bathroom with everyone in the building and they hardly get cleaned especially if the cleaner is on leave. only two laundry machine shared by everyone including nurses there’s always a queue. On
Internship Reviews Mamelodi Regional Hospital Complex Rural Allowance: No comment yet. Doctors Quarters: No comments yet. Academics: No comments yet. Supervision: No comments yet. Clinical Exposure: No comments yet. Social Scene: No comments yet. Additional Comments: No comments yet. Read about furthering your education
Internship Reviews Pholosong Hospital Complex Rural Allowance: No Doctors Quarters: Very very basic. Most move out. But lots of Accommodation close by that’s safe and affordable Wouldn’t recommend at all. I would not recommend. It’s like an unkempt res. A lot move out. Academics: Consultant in every department, improving as the
Internship Reviews Sebokeng Training Complex Rural Allowance: No Doctors Quarters: 3/5. No comments yet. Academics: 4/5. No comments yet. Supervision: 4/5. No comments yet. Clinical Exposure: 4/5. No comments yet. Social Scene: 2/5. No comments yet. Additional Comments: No comments yet. Read about furthering your education
Internship Reviews Steve Biko Academic Hospital/ Tshwane District Hospital Training Complex Rural Allowance: No Doctors Quarters: I didn’t personally live there, but had friends who did and it looked pretty decent. Looked like a normal flat you would rent. There are 2, Lissa Hoff and Ella Hoff. Lissa Hoff is 500m
Internship Reviews Tambo Memorial/Bertha Gxowa Training Complex Rural Allowance: No Doctors Quarters: Super old, falling apart. There aren’t many spaces in DQ to stay and I’m not sure what they are like but the on call rooms are very old. They try and give a bed and chair per room but
Internship Reviews Thelle Mogoerane Hospital Complex Rural Allowance: No Doctors Quarters: It’s a fairly new hospital so the DQ is still decent. It’s basically bachelor pads and there are 2 bedroom apartments usually given to second year interns. It’s fully furnished with a bed, stove, microwave and fridge. It’s a good
Internship Reviews West Rand Hospital (Leratong Hospital) Complex Rural Allowance: No Doctors Quarters: 2 bedroom flat off hospital property. Sharing is dependent on numbers. DQ is split into on campus (which is apparently terrible) and then off campus about 15min drive they rent apartments for the interns (apparently very nice), usually
