St. Mary's Health Campus Explained

St. Mary's Health Campus
Org/Group:Health Service Executive
Location:Gurranabraher, Cork
Region:County Cork
Country:Ireland
Healthcare:HSE
Type:Regional
Speciality:Orthopaedics
Emergency:No
Affiliation:University College Cork
Beds:91
Founded:1955
Coordinates:51.9057°N -8.4958°W
Map Type:Ireland

St. Mary's Health Campus (Irish: Campas Sláinte Naomh Muire) is a health facility located at Gurranabraher in Cork, Ireland.

History

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

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Project puts flesh on bones of orthopedic history. Irish Examiner. 13 April 2018. 20 May 2019.
  2. Web site: Construction to begin on 50-bed Cork unit. Irish Times. 19 August 2008. 20 May 2019.
  3. Web site: Urgent care centre opens in Cork. 20 March 2012. RTE. 20 May 2019.
  4. Web site: New urgent care centre for Cork. 20 March 2012. Irish Health. 20 May 2019.