Ms Nyathi made the presentation to the Committee and gave an introduction to the Ermelo Hospital. She informed the Committee that Ermelo Hospital is a regional hospital (level 2) with 264 approved beds and 216 usable beds. The hospital is within the Msukaligwa Sub-district in the Gert Sibande District. The hospital was officially opened in 1921. It had two wings for the African and White community which were merged in 1994 and made accessible to all racial groups. In 2005 the hospital was placed onto the hospital revitalisation programme. Ermelo Hospital is a referral hospital to all eight district hospitals within the Gert Sibande District Municipality as well as being a referral centre for 11 primary health care facilities within the Msukaligwa sub-district.