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Osindisweni Hospital Contact Details
Osindisweni Hospital is a KwaZulu-Natal Department of Health district hospital on Oakford Road, about 9 km from Verulam and 40 km from central Durban, serving mainly the Ndwedwe and northern eThekwini communities. It has a 24-hour casualty and labour ward and a TB hospital section. The contact details and visiting hours below were read from the hospital’s page on kznhealth.gov.za, last updated in March 2026, on 14 September 2026.
ContactDetails.co.za is an independent directory and cannot access patient records. In an emergency, call an ambulance on 10177 rather than the switchboard.
Official contact channels
| What it is for | Contact |
|---|---|
| Hospital switchboard | 032 541 9200 |
| Fax | 032 541 0343 |
| Postal address | Private Bag X15, Verulam, 4340 |
| KZN Health operations centre (toll free) | 0800 205 334 |
Compliments and complaints go to the hospital’s public relations office; ask for it through the switchboard.
Facility services
- 24-hour casualty and trauma, labour ward and theatre
- a TB hospital component
- outpatient clinics for antenatal care (routine and high-risk), family planning, TB, hypertension, diabetes, psychiatry, epilepsy, genetics and orthopaedics
- disability grant assessments, motor vehicle accident and workmen’s compensation medicals
The hospital lists free services for children under six, pregnant patients and family planning. Outpatients receive a blue carrier card; chronic patients get pink repeat cards and see a doctor every six months, so bring your card to every visit.
Address and operating information
From the M41 at Mount Edgecombe, drive into Verulam, follow the signs for Oakford and then Osindisweni. The main entrance is on the right after the Vodacom tower. Visiting hours are 13:00 to 14:00 and 18:00 to 19:00 every day; an older page on the same site still shows earlier times, which are out of date.
The hospital grew out of a Dominican mission at Oakford dating to 1889. Its TB hospital opened in 1963 and the general hospital in 1968, before the state took it over in 1984.
Appointments and support
Raise a complaint with the hospital first and keep the reference. If it is not resolved, contact the KZN Department of Health, whose head office switchboard is 033 395 2111, and for concerns about the standard of care at any facility the Health Ombud at the Office of Health Standards Compliance on 080 911 6472 or complaints@ohsc.org.za.
Sources
- kznhealth.gov.za Osindisweni Hospital page, services, outpatient, history and directions pages, read 14 September 2026
- kznhealth.gov.za contact page