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Queen Nandi Regional Hospital

Queen Nandi Regional Hospital is a 369-bed regional hospital in Empangeni, in the King Cetshwayo health district. A hospital given over entirely to obstetric, gynaecological and neonatal care. It delivers about 8 000 babies and performs around 2 000 gynaecological operations a year, and is linked to the University of KwaZulu-Natal…

Please note Renamed in February 2018. This hospital was previously Lower Umfolozi War Memorial Hospital.

Contact and visiting

Telephone035 907 7000
Emergency083 446 2752
Address29 Union Street
CityEmpangeni, KwaZulu-Natal
Postal code3380
EmailPRO.QueenNandi@kznhealth.gov.za
Beds369
Health districtKing Cetshwayo
Public relationsMiss Phakade Mbatha, 035 907 7156

Queen Nandi Regional Hospital, 29 Union Street, Empangeni, KwaZulu-Natal, 3380  Get directions

Contact details checked 8 September 2026 against the published source. Send a correction if anything has changed.

Queen Nandi Regional Hospital Visiting Hours

Visiting times
Monday to Sunday 12:00 to 13:00, 15:30 to 16:30 and 18:30 to 19:30

Queen Nandi is a maternity and neonatal hospital, so almost every visit here is to a mother, a newborn, or both. It runs three visiting periods a day rather than the usual two, which is deliberate in a hospital where partners and grandmothers often want to come more than once. The neonatal unit works to its own rules on who may enter and how many at a time, and the nurses will explain them at the door; expect to wash your hands and to be turned away politely if you have a cold. Fathers and birth partners should ask the ward about attending outside these hours. Visiting times do change, so ring 035 907 7000 before you travel.

Services at Queen Nandi Regional Hospital

Serves Region 4 of KwaZulu-Natal.

  • Obstetrics
  • Gynaecology
  • Neonatal care

Medical aid networks

This facility does not appear on any of the scheme network lists we hold. That does not mean it is not covered, only that we cannot confirm it. Open the network checker or ask your scheme.