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The hospital was founded by surgeons Joseph Sheehan and Jimmy Sheehan, who had established the Blackrock Clinic in Dublin [1] It was built at a cost of €90m and opened by the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Micheál Martin, TD on 15 October 2010. [1]
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[2] [3] However, the oldest part of the building dates back to the 1760s, as the residence of the Mayor of Cork, and was temporarily used as a school before being converted into a hospital. [2] Mercy University Hospital originally contained only 40-beds, but has since grown to its current number of over 300.
Her mother was a teacher. The family spoke Irish at home. Lynch entered the convent of the Medical Missionaries of Mary (MMM) just before her 18th birthday in Clonmel, County Tipperary in 1956. She completed her education in the medical school at University College, Dublin to become a doctor. Lynch graduated in the top three of her class.
After orthopaedic services at St Mary's were transferred to the South Infirmary-Victoria University Hospital in 2011, an urgent care centre was established at St Mary's in 2012. [3] Around the same time the facility became known as St. Mary's Health Campus. [4]
In 2011 in co-operation with the Irish Cancer Society, a Daffodil Centre was opened in the hospital to provide information services to patients their families and the general public. [8] The hospital is a centre for surgical solutions for morbid obesity. [9] The Bon Secours Cork Cancer Centre in association with UPMC opened in 2019. [10]
The South Infirmary was established by a catholic charity and officially opened in 1762. [2] Meanwhile the Victoria Hospital for Women and Children, which had been established by a protestant charity and opened at Union Quay in September 1874, moved to Pope's Quay in October 1876 and then re-located to a site adjacent to the South Infirmary in September 1885. [3]
The hospital, which is a teaching hospital for the University College Dublin, has 997 beds, [7] along with 206 Day Beds and 15 Operating Theatres. [8] It contains a negative-pressure ventilation ward which houses the National Bio-Terrorism Unit, [9] and is the National Centre in Ireland for various services. [10]