Bon Secours Hospital, Cork

The Bon Secours Hospital, Cork is a private hospital in Cork, Ireland. The hospital is part of Bon Secours Mercy Health.[1] This includes sister hospitals in Dublin, Galway, Limerick and Tralee.[2] The hospital has over 18,000 admissions and 29,000 outpatients attendances per year.[3]

Bon Secours Hospital
Bon Secours Health System
Facade of Bon Secours Cork
Shown in Ireland
Geography
LocationCollege Road, Cork, Ireland
Coordinates51.8914°N 8.4979°W / 51.8914; -8.4979
Organisation
Care systemPrivate
TypeGeneral
Services
Beds343
History
Opened1915
Links
Websitewww.bonsecourscork.ie

History

The separate hospital and convent blocks in Cork were commissioned by the Bon Secours Sisters and completed in 1915.[4]

Services

The hospital has 343 in-patient beds. There are 30 day case beds, 30 endoscopy beds and 6 oncology day spaces. The hospital has 5 major and 2 minor operating theatres.[5] Services provided include cardiology, diagnostic imaging, nutrition and dietetics, histopathology, pharmacy, physiotherapy, respiratory medicine, angiography, cardiac rehabilitation, diabetes specialist services, intensive care, and oncology. In 2008 the hospital opened a Rapid Access Chest Pain clinic [6] for same day assessment of chest pain referred patients. In 2009 the hospital opened a Specialist Breast Care Clinic [7] which offers a triple assessment to patients within 3 days of referral. In 2011 in co-operation with the Irish Cancer Society, a Daffodil Centre was opened in the hospital to provide information services to patients their families and the general public.[8] The hospital is a centre for surgical solutions for morbid obesity.[9] The Bon Secours Cork Cancer Centre in association with UPMC opened in 2019 [10]

Accreditation

The hospital received Joint Commission International accreditation in 2005.[11]

See also

References
  1. "Bon Secours Mercy Health". Retrieved 14 August 2019.
  2. "Bon Secours Health System - Private Hospitals in Ireland - Cork, Galway, Limerick, Tralee and Dublin". Bon Secours Health System. Retrieved 14 August 2019.
  3. "Bon Secours Cork". www.bonsecourscork.ie. Retrieved 10 May 2019.
  4. "Bon Secours Hospital, Cork". National Inventary of Architectural Heritage. Retrieved 10 May 2019.
  5. "Hospitals Directory and Worldwide Hospitals Search". www.medilexicon.com. Retrieved 10 May 2019.
  6. "Bon Secours Health System - Rapid Access Chest Pain Clinic (RACPC)". Bon Secours Health System. Retrieved 10 May 2019.
  7. "Breast Screening Cork - Specialist Breast Care Cork, breastcare.ie". www.breastcare.ie. Retrieved 10 May 2019.
  8. "Irish Cancer Society Daffodil Centres". Irish Cancer Society. Retrieved 2012-02-09.
  9. "Mr. Colm O'Boyle - Cork Obesity Surgery Cork - Dublin IR". www.obesitysurgery.ie. Retrieved 10 May 2019.
  10. "BSCCC".
  11. "Joint Commission International (JCI) Accredited Organizations". Joint Commission International. Archived from the original on 2010-07-02. Retrieved 2010-07-04.
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