St. Joseph's Hospital | |
Org/Group: | Health Service Executive |
Coordinates: | 53.3827°N -6.1823°W |
Location: | Raheny |
Region: | County Dublin |
Country: | Ireland |
Healthcare: | HSE |
Type: | Specialist |
Emergency: | Yes |
Speciality: | Rehabilitation hospital |
Founded: | 1958 |
Map Type: | Ireland Dublin |
St. Joseph's Hospital (ga|Ospidéal Naomh Seosamh) is a hospital in Raheny, on the Northside of Dublin in Ireland. It is used as a rehabilitation hospital for patients of the Beaumont Hospital in Dublin.
The hospital was founded in Edenmore House in Raheny by the Sisters of St. Joseph of Chambéry as St. Joseph's Nursing Home in 1958.[1] It operated as a private hospital until 2001 when it was acquired by the Health Service Executive.[2] It was then transferred to the management of the Beaumont Hospital in 2004.[2] The Beaumont Hospital established a new 14-bed rehabilitation centre at St. Joseph's Hospital in March 2005[2] a community nursing unit was completed there in 2010[3] and a care for the elderly unit was officially opened there by the Taoiseach, Enda Kenny, in July 2014.[4]