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3.
Tygerberg Hospital in Bellville.
Carinus Nursing College/was situated
on the premises of Groote
Schuur Hospital in Woodstock,
Cape Town.
4. Nico Malan Nursing College/was
situated
Athlone.
on its own site, in
(c) The total number of training posts were
approved by the hospital to which the
college was affiliated. Approximately
80-100 posts per intake of students per
college.
(d) All four nursing colleges mentioned in
item (b) above were amalgamated into
one college, situated at the previous
Nico Malan Nursing college site. (ie
Klipfontein Road, Surrey
Estate, Athlone).
(e) 31 December 1999, all four nursing
colleges were officially closed. Consequently
the newly established Western
Cape College of Nursing (WCCN) was
operational from 1 January 2000.
(f) Filled students posts (training) status as
at the 31 March 2003 = 601
A bursary system was instituted for
nurses for full-time study as from the
2002 academic year’s intake at 1st year
level, ie * (See table below).