Midland Regional Hospital, Portlaoise
| Midlands Regional Hospital, Portlaoise | |
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| Health Service Executive | |
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| Geography | |
| Location | Portlaoise, County Laois, Ireland |
| Organisation | |
| Care system | HSE |
| Hospital type | Regional |
| Services | |
| Emergency department | Yes |
| Beds | 200 |
| History | |
| Founded | 1936 |
The Midlands Regional Hospital, Portlaoise is a public hospital located in Portlaoise, County Laois, Ireland. It is managed by the Irish Government's Health Service Executive and provides acute-care hospital services, including a 24-hour emergency department, for the population of County Laois and the Irish Midlands. In 2008, the hospital served 44,645 out-patients, and 10,951 in-patients, with an average stay of 3.8 nights. 94.6% of admissions were made via the accident and emergency department or 10,112 patients. In 2007, 40,114 patients presented to the emergency department. The hospital saw 3,568 day cases in the same year.
The Hospital was designed by Drogheda born Irish Architect Michael Scott, and was built between 1933 and 1936. It is a replacement hospital for the County Infirmary which was built in 1808 by David Henry.
The hospital provides 200 beds, of which 140 are in-patient acute beds, while 10 are reserved for acute day cases. A further 50 beds are for psychiatric services. In-patient services include general medicine, general surgery, accident and emergency, oncology, endocrinology, ophthalmology, orthopaedics, obstetrics and gynaecology, haematology, paediatrics, anaesthesia, radiology.
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