St. Mary's Health Campus
St. Mary's Health Campus (Irish: Campas Sláinte Naomh Muire) is a health facility located at Gurranabraher in Cork, Ireland.
| St. Mary's Health Campus | |
|---|---|
| Health Service Executive | |
Entrance to St. Mary's Health Campus on Bakers Road, Gurranabraher | |
Shown in Ireland | |
| Geography | |
| Location | Gurranabraher, Cork, County Cork, Ireland |
| Coordinates | 51°54′21″N 8°29′45″W / 51.9057°N 8.4958°W |
| Organisation | |
| Care system | HSE |
| Type | Regional |
| Affiliated university | University College Cork |
| Services | |
| Emergency department | No |
| Beds | 91 |
| History | |
| Opened | 1955 |
History edit
The hospital was commissioned in response to concerns about a fever outbreak and opened in November 1955.[1] The hospital developed a specialism in orthopedic surgery and, as St. Mary's Orthopaedic Hospital, it became the first hospital in Ireland to undertake hip replacement surgery in 1970.[1] Construction on a new community nursing unit at the site started in August 2008.[2] After orthopaedic services at St Mary's were transferred to the South Infirmary-Victoria University Hospital in 2011, an urgent care centre was established at St Mary's in 2012.[3] Around the same time the facility became known as St. Mary's Health Campus.[4]
See also edit
References edit
- ^ a b "Project puts flesh on bones of orthopedic history". Irish Examiner. 13 April 2018. Retrieved 20 May 2019.
- ^ "Construction to begin on 50-bed Cork unit". Irish Times. 19 August 2008. Retrieved 20 May 2019.
- ^ "Urgent care centre opens in Cork". RTE. 20 March 2012. Retrieved 20 May 2019.
- ^ "New urgent care centre for Cork". Irish Health. 20 March 2012. Retrieved 20 May 2019.