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The hospital was founded by surgeons Joseph Sheehan and Jimmy Sheehan, who had established the Blackrock Clinic in Dublin. [2] It was built at a cost of €100 million and opened in June 2004. [ 3 ] It brought radiation therapy , cardiac surgery and PET / CT scanning to the west of Ireland for the first time.
Merlin Park University Hospital (Irish: Ospidéal Ollscoile Pháirc Mherlin) is a public hospital in Galway, Ireland. It is managed by Saolta University Health Care Group . [ 1 ]
In 2023 University Hospital Galway opened a new radiation oncology unit marking the largest infrastructure development in the history of the hospital. The 8,000sqm radiotherapy centre cost €70.7 million to build and commission and contains new technology which increases significantly the ability to accurately target and treat tumours. [7]
The Bon Secours Hospital, Galway is a private hospital in County Galway, Ireland. The hospital is part of Bon Secours Mercy Health. [1] This includes sister hospitals in Cork, Dublin, Limerick and Tralee. [2] The hospital sees over 18,000 patients per annum, comprising 6,000 in-patients and 12,000 day-cases. [3]
In July 2014 a number of serious hygiene issues were raised during an unscheduled inspection of the hospital by Health Information and Quality Authority (HIQA). These issues concerned the management of blood monitoring equipment at the hospital, and inspectors found blood-stained sticky tape on a window sill beside a patient's bed, as well as failure to dispose of used blood sampling equipment.
The hospital is part of Bon Secours Mercy Health, [1] which includes sister hospitals (Cork, Galway, Limerick and Tralee). [2] The hospital employs over 600 staff, including more than 150 consultants, and sees more than 130,000 patients per year. [3] [4]
The Group is headed by a Chief Executive, who is accountable to the National Director for Acute Services in the Health Service Executive, [7] and is responsibility for delivering inpatient care, emergency care, maternity services, outpatient care and diagnostic services at its designated hospitals. [7]
Blackrock Clinic (Irish: Clinic na Carraige Duibhe) is a private hospital in Blackrock, Dublin. It is associated with both the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland and University College Dublin . History