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A new radiation therapy unit for cancer treatment was established at the hospital in 2012. [7] The St James's campus was chosen in 2012 as the site for the National Paediatric Hospital, allowing colocation with the adult hospital, and potentially "trilocation" with a future maternity hospital on the same site. [8]
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St. Luke's Hospital (Irish: Ospidéal Naomh Lúcás), is a hospital in Rathgar, Dublin, Ireland which has specialised in treating cancer patients from throughout Ireland for over half a century. It is primary national centre for radiotherapy treatment.
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RCSI's main campus is situated on St. Stephen's Green and York Street in central Dublin and incorporates schools of medicine, pharmacy and biomolecular sciences, physiotherapy, population health, dentistry and nursing and midwifery. It offers undergraduate and postgraduate education in a number of healthcare fields. [5]
The hospital was founded by Mrs. Ellen Woodlock and her close friend Sarah Atkinson at 9 Upper Buckingham Street in 1872. [2] It had just 8 beds when it opened. [2] In 1876, the growing success of the hospital prompted the governing committee to invite the Religious Sisters of Charity to take over the running of the hospital. [2]
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 ]
The hospital has its origins in the Mallow Union Workhouse and Infirmary which was designed by George Wilkinson and opened in 1841. [2] Following the creation of the Irish Free State the infirmary became a district hospital which evolved to become Mallow General Hospital. [2] The administration block was rebuilt in 1936. [2]