[1] In 1984, at the peak of the struggle against Apartheid, the South African government closed the hospital because it offered services to children of all races in a section of the beachfront that was reserved for ‘white’ people.

[4] The KwaZulu-Natal (KNZ) Children's Hospital aims to be cost-effective, environmentally friendly and financially sustainable and will mainly provide ambulatory specialist health care for the youth of the province, regardless of socio-economic background or social standing.

[7] The management of children infected and exposed to HIV requires chronic care at a vastly improved quality and coverage than what is currently available.

The buildings include several decorative features such as wall paintings, stained-glass works, statues and mosaic tiled floor sections and ceramics by the South African artist, Mary Stainbank and fellow artist, Wilgeford Vann-Hall who was responsible for the design of several stained-glass panels depicting nursery rhymes.

The total current estimated cost of restoration and refurbishment of the entire KZN Children's Hospital complex is approximately US$40 million.