Fort England Psychiatric Hospital


Fort England Psychiatric Hospital is a government funded psychiatric hospital and drug rehabilitation centre for the Makana Local Municipality area in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape in South Africa.
The hospital departments include a Rehabilitation Centre, pharmacy, Anti-Retroviral treatment for HIV/AIDS, Post Trauma Counseling Services, Laundry Services and Kitchen Services.

Coat of arms

The hospital registered a coat of arms at the Bureau of Heraldry in 1975 : On a hurt , within a double tressure Argent , a fess Argent charged with a chain of nine links Sable , the middle link rompu , between in chief an antique lamp enflamed and in base a window Or , set in a wall between two pillars, all Argent. The arms were designed by a Mrs Els.