Observatory Forensic Pathology Laboratory

Replacement of the Observatory Forensic Pathology Laboratory at the entrance to Groote Schuur Hospital on the corner of Main Road, Groote Schuur Drive and Falmouth Road, Observatory, Cape Town, in the Western Cape. The completed facility will include 26 autopsy tables, four dissection suites with six tables each, as well as two teaching and training dissection suites. There will be 360 refrigerated body spaces, 180 admission fridges and 180 dispatch fridges. The building will be able to accommodate up to 100 visitors per day at the bereavement centre, and up to 10 waiting undertakers and up to 20 students at a time. Estimated value: R281 million.