Editing Cape Town (section)

=== Health ===
The city contains many well-equipped clinics and hospitals.

{{see also|List of hospitals in South Africa#Cape Metropole}}
[[File:Groote Schuur Hospital, Observatory, Cape Town, Western Cape. 05.JPG|thumb|[[Groote Schuur Hospital]]]]
* The [[Alexandra Hospital (Cape Town)|Alexandra Hospital]] is a specialist mental health care hospital in Cape Town, it provides care for complex mental health issues and intellectual disability.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Alexandra Hospital |url=https://www.westerncape.gov.za/facility/alexandra-hospital |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170105085248/https://www.westerncape.gov.za/facility/alexandra-hospital |archive-date=5 January 2017 |access-date=4 January 2016 |publisher=Western Cape Government}}</ref>
* [[Groote Schuur Hospital]] is a large, government-funded, teaching hospital situated on the slopes of Devil's Peak. It was founded in 1938 and is famous for being the institution where the first human-to-human heart transplant took place. Groote Schuur is the chief academic hospital of the University of Cape Town's medical school, providing tertiary care and instruction in all the major branches of medicine. The hospital underwent major extension in 1984 when two new wings were added.
* The Hottentots Holland Hospital, also known as Helderberg Hospital, is a district hospital for the Helderberg basin located in Somerset West, and also serves surrounding areas in the Overberg district.

Numerous of South Africa's major private medical services groups operate [[Private hospital|hospitals]] in the city, including those below.

* [[Mediclinic Group]]: 7 facilities (Cape Town, Milnerton, Louis Leipoldt, Constantiaberg, Cape Gate, Durbanville, and Vergelegen) <ref name= "Hospitals & Day Clinics">{{cite web|url= https://www.mediclinic.co.za/en/corporate/hospitals.html |title= Hospitals & Day Clinics |author= |publisher= Mediclinic Group |date= |access-date= 26 April 2025 }}</ref>
* [[Netcare]]: 4 facilities (Christiaan Barnard, UCT Private Academic, Blaawberg, and N1 City)<ref name= "Netcare Smart Search">{{cite web|url= https://www.netcare.co.za/search?path=hospitals_facilities |title= Netcare Smart Search |author= |publisher= Netcare |date= |access-date= 26 April 2025 }}</ref>
* [[Melomed]]: 5 facilities (Gatesville, Bellville, Tokai, Mitchells Plain, and Claremont)<ref name= "Melomed">{{cite web|url= https://www.melomed.co.za/ |title= Melomed |author= |publisher= Melomed |date= |access-date= 26 April 2025 }}</ref>