# Inkosi Albert Luthuli Central Hospital

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## TL;DR

KwaZulu-Natal's quaternary referral hospital in Durban, opened in 2002, and the province's main academic centre for radiation oncology and haematology.

## Summary

Inkosi Albert Luthuli Central Hospital opened in 2002 as a purpose-built quaternary and tertiary referral hospital for KwaZulu-Natal, run by the provincial health department in a public-private partnership and serving as a teaching hospital of the University of KwaZulu-Natal's Nelson R Mandela School of Medicine. It provides radiation oncology, medical oncology, clinical haematology, paediatric oncology and specialist surgery for a province with one of the highest HIV burdens in the world, making cervical cancer, Kaposi sarcoma and HIV-associated lymphoma prominent in its case mix. It is the only public radiotherapy provider for much of the province.

## Fields

- Kind: Institution
- Last checked: 2026-09-10
- Also known as: IALCH
- City: Durban, ZA
- Type: hospital
- Website: https://www.ialch.co.za

## Sources

- Official website: https://www.ialch.co.za

## Connected records

- cancers: [Cervical cancer](https://onco.cc/cancers/cervical/)
- people: [L.P. Mtshali](https://onco.cc/people/lp-mtshali/)

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