Beaumont Hospital ( ga, Ospidéal Beaumont) is a large
teaching hospital
A teaching hospital is a hospital or medical centre that provides medical education and training to future and current health professionals. Teaching hospitals are almost always affiliated with one or more universities and are often co-located ...
located in
Beaumont, Dublin
Beaumont () is a northside suburb of Dublin city, Ireland, bordered by Donnycarney, Santry and Artane. It lies within the postal district of Dublin 9.
Etymology
The name is derived from the French for "beautiful mount" as the parish is locate ...
,
Ireland
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. It is managed by
RCSI Hospitals
RCSI Hospitals ( ga, Ospidéil RCSI) is one of the hospital groups established by the Health Service Executive in Ireland.
History
The grouping of hospitals was announced by the Irish Minister for Health, Dr. James Reilly TD in May 2013, as part ...
- one of the hospital groups established by the
Health Service Executive
The Health Service Executive (HSE) ( ga, Feidhmeannacht na Seirbhíse Sláinte) is the publicly funded healthcare system in Ireland, responsible for the provision of health and personal social services. It came into operation on 1 January 2005 ...
. Its academic partner is the
Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland
The Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI) is a medical professional and educational institution, which is also known as RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences, Ireland's first private university. It was established in 1784 ...
.
St. Joseph's Hospital (Raheny) is also under the management of the Beaumont Hospital Board.
History
The planning for the hospital, which was commissioned to replace the
Richmond Surgical Hospital and the
Jervis Street Hospital
Jervis Street Hospital ( ga, Ospidéal Shráid Jervis) was a hospital in Jervis Street in Dublin, Ireland. The site of the hospital became the Jervis Shopping Centre.
History
The hospital was founded by six Dublin surgeons, George Duany, Patrick ...
began in 1977.
The design was based on the scheme for the
Cork University Hospital
Cork University Hospital ( ga, Ospidéal na hOllscoile Corcaigh) is a large university teaching hospital in Wilton, Cork in Ireland. Its academic partner is University College Cork. It is the only Level 1 Trauma Centre in Ireland. It is a public ...
. It was built at a cost of €52.7 million and was officially opened on 29 November 1987.
[ Beaumont Hospital took over management of St. Joseph's Hospital in ]Raheny
Raheny () is a northern suburb of Dublin, Ireland, halfway from the city centre to Howth. It is centred on a historic settlement, first documented in 570 CE ( Mervyn Archdall). The district shares Dublin's two largest municipal parks, Saint Anne ...
in August 2004.
The Dublin Brain Bank, a research facility for post mortem storage and examination of brain tissue, opened at Beaumont Hospital in October 2008. A new cystic fibrosis
Cystic fibrosis (CF) is a rare genetic disorder that affects mostly the lungs, but also the pancreas, liver, kidneys, and intestine. Long-term issues include difficulty breathing and coughing up mucus as a result of frequent lung infections. O ...
unit opened at the hospital in December 2010 and a new radiation therapy
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unit for cancer
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treatment was established at the hospital in 2012.
The Ashlin Centre, a new adult psychiatric facility, was built and opened to patients in 2014.
The new RCSI
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Smurfit Building was opened on the Beaumont Hospital campus in 2018, built at a cost of €9.5 million.
Services
Beaumont Hospital employs approximately 3,000 staff. It provides 820 beds, of which 631 are in-patient acute
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beds, while 110 are reserved for acute day cases. A further 10 beds are designated for in-patient psychiatric care.[Beaumont Hospital](_blank)
voluntary hospital governed by Hospital Board and the Irish Health Service Executive
The hospital provides regional cancer services to the North East Region of the Republic of Ireland and was designated as one of Ireland's eight Cancer
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Centres of Excellence in 2007. The Smurfit Education & Research Centre, established in 2000, is the principal clinical research centre on the site of Beaumont Hospital.
Beaumont is the principal undergraduate and postgraduate medical training and research centre associated with the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland
The Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI) is a medical professional and educational institution, which is also known as RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences, Ireland's first private university. It was established in 1784 ...
with whom it shares its campus. It also provides clinical training for undergraduate nursing students from Dublin City University
Dublin City University (abbreviated as DCU) ( ga, Ollscoil Chathair Bhaile Átha Cliath) is a university based on the Northside of Dublin, Ireland. Created as the ''National Institute for Higher Education, Dublin'' in 1975, it enrolled its f ...
.
It is the Designated Cancer Centre and the Regional Treatment Centre for Ear, Nose and Throat, and Gastroenterology. It is also the National Referral Centre for Neurosurgery and Neurology, Renal Transplantation, and Cochlear Implantation.
References
External links
*
Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland website
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Hospital buildings completed in 1987
Teaching hospitals in Dublin (city)
Teaching hospitals of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland
Education in Dublin (city)
Hospitals established in 1987
Health Service Executive hospitals
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1987 establishments in Ireland