The Connolly Hospital Blanchardstown (Irish: Ospidéal Uí Chonghaile Baile Bhlainséir) is a teaching hospital in Blanchardstown, Dublin, Ireland. It is managed by RCSI Hospitals.[1]
| Connolly Hospital | |
|---|---|
| Health Service Executive | |
.jpg) Main entrance to Connolly Hospital | |
  Shown in Dublin | |
| Geography | |
| Location | Blanchardstown, Fingal, Ireland |
| Coordinates | 53°23′19″N 6°22′07″W / 53.388541°N 6.368649°W |
| Organisation | |
| Care system | HSE |
| Type | General |
| Affiliated university | Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland |
| Services | |
| Emergency department | Yes |
| Beds | 407 |
| History | |
| Opened | 1955 |
| Links | |
| Website | www |
History
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The hospital, which was initially established as a tuberculosis sanitarium, was designed by Norman White[2] and constructed by Sisk Builders.[3] It was named in memory of the Irish republican leader, James Connolly, and officially opened as the James Connolly Memorial Hospital in 1955.[3] Following the introduction of effective antibiotic treatment, the hospital was re-designated as a general hospital for the North West area of Dublin and re-opened as such in 1973.[3]
In 2005 a new accident and emergency unit, new operating theatres, new surgery facilities and a new intensive care unit were officially opened by the Minister of State for Children, Brian Lenihan, who also announced that the hospital would be renamed the Connolly Hospital Blanchardstown.[4]
The government allocated 6.8 acres on the Abbotstown lands at Blanchardstown for the building of a hospice under the care of the Daughters of Charity. This was a sister site to their hospice in Raheny. Construction works were completed in April 2011.[5]
A satellite facility for the National Children's Hospital, providing outpatient facilities and an urgent care centre opened in summer 2019.[6]
Teaching
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The hospital provides clinical teaching as part of the graduate entry program to medicine for the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland.[7]
References
edit- ^ "Six hospital groups 'most fundamental reform in decades'". Irish Medical Times. 14 May 2013. Retrieved 27 May 2019.
- ^ Boyd, Gary A.; McLaughlin, John (2015). Infrastructure and the Architectures of Modernity in Ireland 1916-2016. Routledge. ISBN 978-1472446862.
- ^ a b c "Dublin hospital celebrates 60th anniversary". Irish Health. 22 April 2015. Retrieved 12 May 2019.
- ^ "Connolly Hospital funding plan announced". Irish Times. 20 January 2005. Retrieved 12 May 2019.
- ^ "Our history". Official website of St Francis Hospice. Retrieved 22 January 2021.
- ^ "Children's hospital satellite centre to open on time despite 'challenges'". Irish Times. 12 February 2019. Retrieved 12 May 2019.
- ^ "Teaching hospitals". Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland. Retrieved 12 May 2019.