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
LocationGurranabraher, Cork, County Cork, Ireland
Coordinates51°54′21″N 8°29′45″W
Organisation
Care systemHSE
TypeRegional
Affiliated universityUniversity College Cork
Services
Emergency departmentNo
Beds91
History
Opened1955

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

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