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Hospital in Dún Laoghaire, Ireland From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The National Rehabilitation Hospital (Irish: Ospidéal Náisiúnta Athshlánúcháin) in Dún Laoghaire, Dublin, is an Irish publicly funded hospital that provides rehabilitation treatment for patients who have a physical or cognitive disability due to illness or injury.[1] Although it is funded by the state the hospital is owned by a Catholic religious order, the Sisters of Mercy.[2]
National Rehabilitation Hospital | |
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Geography | |
Location | Dún Laoghaire, Ireland |
Coordinates | 53.27498°N 6.151°W |
Organisation | |
Type | Specialist |
Services | |
Speciality | Rehabilitation |
History | |
Opened | 1916 |
Links | |
Website | www |
Lists | Hospitals in the Republic of Ireland |
The hospital was established when the Sisters of Mercy acquired a property known as "The Ceders" in Dún Laoghaire in 1916.[3][4] A purpose-built hospital for the treatment of tuberculosis was completed in February 1918.[3] The facility was initially known as "Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital" and, after converting to use as rehabilitation hospital in 1961, became the National Rehabilitation Hospital in 1994.[3]
Although funding for an additional 120 beds had been approved in 2015,[5] the Health Service Executive was criticised for staff shortages at the hospital which caused twelve beds to be unavailable in March 2017 in spite of a waiting list of over 200 patients seeking admission.[6] The hospital has a total of 110 beds but is said to be under-resourced according to advocacy organisation An Soal as well as senior staff of the hospital.[7][8]
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