Beaumont Hospital, Dublin
| Beaumont Hospital | |
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| Health Service Executive | |
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| Geography | |
| Location | Beaumont, County Dublin, Ireland |
| Coordinates | Coordinates: 53°23′28″N 6°13′20″W / 53.391142°N 6.222154°W |
| Organisation | |
| Care system | HSE |
| Hospital type | General |
| Affiliated university | Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland |
| Services | |
| Emergency department | Yes |
| Beds | 820 |
| History | |
| Founded | 1987 |
| Links | |
| Website | http://www.beaumont.ie |
Beaumont Hospital, is a public voluntary hospital located in Beaumont, Dublin, Ireland. It is the second largest hospital in the Republic of Ireland. It is managed by a Hospital Board and provides acute care hospital services, including a 24-hour emergency department,for the population of North Dublin city and North County Dublin, Dublin. It also provides several regional and national specialist services. In 2008, the hospital served 149,559 out-patients, and 21,576 in-patients, with an average stay of 10.5 nights. 75.9% of admissions were made via the accident and emergency department or 16,515 patients. In 2007, 46,335 patients presented to the emergency department. The hospital saw 38,796 day cases in the same year.
Beaumont Hospital was planned and commissioned from 1978 to 1984 and represented an investment of IR£50 million. Its design is a direct replica of Cork University College Hospital.
It opened on November 29, 1987 following the closure of two smaller and older Dublin hospitals: The Charitable Infirmary, better known as Jervis Street Hospital and St. Lawrence's Hospital (known as The Richmond).
Beaumont Hospital took over management of St. Joseph's Hospital, Dublin, which is located 2 miles east of Beaumont Hospital in Raheny, in 2004.
The Dublin Brain Bank, a research facility for post mortem storage and examination of brain tissue, opened at Beaumont Hospital in 2008.
Recent additional developments include the opening of a Radiation oncology unit (2012), the opening of a new adult Cystic fibrosis ward (2011), the opening of a new Stroke unit with 24/7 thrombolysis service (November 2009)and the opening of a Medical Assessment Unit (2012).A 100-bedded long term care residential unit (called Raheny Community Nursing Unit) managed by Beaumont Hospital at St. Joseph's Hospital, was formally opened by the Irish Minister for Health Dr. James Reilly (Irish politician) T.D., in November 2012. Construction of a new Acute Psychiatry Unit at Beaumont Hospital was completed in 2013. Construction of a new Geriatric Medicine Day Hospital at St. Joseph's Hospital Raheny commenced in January 2013 and opened in February 2014.
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