University Hospital Limerick
Health Service Executive
University Hospital Limerick is located in Ireland
University Hospital Limerick
Shown in Ireland
Geography
LocationDooradoyle, Limerick, Ireland
Coordinates52°38′07″N 8°39′22″W / 52.6352°N 8.6561°W / 52.6352; -8.6561
Organisation
Care systemHSE
FundingPublic hospital
TypeGeneral
Affiliated universityUniversity of Limerick
Services
Emergency departmentYes, 24 hours
Beds562
History
Opened1955
Links
Websitewww.hse.ie/eng/services/list/3/acutehospitals/hospitals/ulh/hospitals/uhl/
ListsHospitals in the Republic of Ireland

University Hospital Limerick (Irish: Ospidéal na hOllscoile, Luimneach) is a hospital located in Dooradoyle, Limerick, Ireland. It is managed by UL Hospitals Group.[1]

History

The hospital, which was designed by Patrick Sheahan,[2] was officially opened as the Limerick Regional Hospital on 16 May 1955.[3] It became the Mid-Western Regional Hospital, Limerick in 2006.[4] A new critical care unit opened in January 2013.[5]

Following the establishment of the Graduate Medical School at the University of Limerick, it became the University Hospital Limerick in 2013[6] when the hospitals in the greater Mid-West Region became part of a single operating and governance structure known as the UL Hospitals Group.[7]

Services

The hospital provides 522 beds, of which 375 are in-patient acute beds, while 97 are reserved for acute day cases.[8] A further 50 beds are for psychiatric services.[8] The hospital provides acute-care hospital services, including a 24-hour emergency department[8] and is the location of the Mid-Western Cancer Centre.[9]

A new 60-bed medical block on four storeys, with three inpatient wards of 20 en-suite rooms, built by Western Building Systems, was opened in November 2020.[10]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Six hospital groups 'most fundamental reform in decades'". Irish Medical Times. 14 May 2013. Retrieved 27 May 2019.
  2. ↑ Boyd, Gary A.; McLaughlin, John (2015). Infrastructure and the Architectures of Modernity in Ireland 1916-2016. Routledge. ISBN 978-1472446862.
  3. ↑ "Regional Hospital, 1955". Memory Lane Limerick. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
  4. ↑ "Limerick Regional to change name again". Irish Medical Times. 21 July 2011. Retrieved 31 August 2013.
  5. ↑ "Patients begin moving into new Critical Care Unit at Mid-Western Regional Hospital, Dooradoyle, Limerick". Irish Building Magazine. 28 January 2013. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
  6. ↑ "The challenges of establishing a hospital group". Health Manager. 1 May 2013. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
  7. ↑ Dwane, Mike. (22 May 2013) "HSE set to complete Limerick hospitals name change". Limerick Leader. Retrieved 31 August 2013.
  8. 1 2 3 "Mid-Western Regional Hospital". Health Service Executive. 27 April 2007. Archived from the original on 19 June 2010. Retrieved 4 July 2010.
  9. ↑ "Mid-Western Cancer Centre". Mid-Western Cancer Centre. Retrieved 4 July 2010.
  10. ↑ "New 60-bed block completed at University Hospital Limerick". Building Better Healthcare. 27 November 2020. Retrieved 27 January 2021.
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