Baragwanath Hospital, Soweto: A History of Medical Care 1941-1990

Author: Simonne Horwitz

Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital or Bara, as it’s popularly known is the third largest hospital in the world. How did this rapidly growing, underfunded but surprisingly effective institution find the means that allowed it to exist, provide medical care to a massive patient body and even flourish in the apartheid state?