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Included in this latter group are teaching hospitals (such as University Hospital Galway) operated in conjunction with a university and hospitals with a long-standing religious ethos e.g. Tallaght University Hospital in Dublin. There are also many private hospitals. Ireland has a lower than OECD-average number of hospital beds according to the ...
Bandon Community Hospital, Bandon Bantry General Hospital, Bantry; Bon Secours Hospital, Cork; Mater Private Hospital, Cork; Cork University Hospital, Cork; Cork University Maternity Hospital, Cork
St. Columcille's Hospital, Loughlinstown; Other eastern and midlands counties. Our Lady's Hospital, Navan; Midland Regional Hospital, Mullingar; St. Luke's General Hospital, Kilkenny; Wexford General Hospital; In July 2016, University College Dublin and Ireland East Hospital Group entered into a partnership to deliver improved cancer treatment. [3]
The Group is headed by a Chief Executive, who is accountable to the National Director for Acute Services in the Health Service Executive, [4] and is responsibility for delivering inpatient care, emergency care, maternity services, outpatient care and diagnostic services at its designated hospitals. [4]
The grouping of hospitals was announced by Ireland's then Minister for Health, Dr. James Reilly, T.D., in May 2013, as part of a restructure of Irish public hospitals and a goal of delivering better patient care. [1]
Telephone numbers in Ireland are part of an open numbering plan that allows variations in number length. The Irish format is similar to systems used in many parts of Europe, notably the Netherlands, Sweden, Germany, Belgium and France, where geographical numbers are organised using a logic of large regional prefixes, which are then further subdivided into smaller regions.
In February 2008, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) began managing the hospital, buying a 25% share in the company for €15 million. [4] In 2009, UPMC took majority ownership of the hospital in a €68 million deal which gave it a 68% equity in the company. The hospital was rebranded as UPMC Beacon Hospital. [5] [6] [7]
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 ]