The Coombe Women & Infants University Hospital (; ga, Ospidéal Ollscoile Ban ⁊ Naonáin an Chúim) is a voluntary

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providing a range of medical services to both women and newborn infants in

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. It is managed by

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History

The hospital was founded by Margaret Boyle in the vacated building of the

Meath Hospital The Meath Hospital ( ga, Ospidéal na Mí) was a general hospital in the Earl of Meath's Liberty in Dublin, Ireland. It was absorbed into the Tallaght Hospital in June 1998. History The hospital was opened to serve the sick and poor in the crow ...

in the Coombe in Dublin's

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area in 1826. It formally opened as the Coombe Lying-in Hospital in 1829 and was granted a

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in 1867. The hospital moved to modern premises nearby in

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in 1967. Although the old hospital was demolished, the portico was retained as a monument to the many mothers who gave birth in the old hospital. The new facility was renamed the Coombe Women's Hospital in 1993 and it was renamed the Coombe Women & Infants University Hospital in January 2008. The hospital was targeted in a ransomware attack on 15 December 2021 forcing its IT services to be shut down.

Services

The Coombe Women & Infants University Hospital is one of the largest providers of women and infant health care in the Republic of Ireland. Over 8,000 mothers give birth in the hospital every year. It provides clinical experience to three training colleges, including

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and

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Coombe Women and Infants University Hospital Teaching hospitals in Dublin (city) Hospital buildings completed in 1967 Teaching hospitals of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland Teaching hospitals of the University of Dublin, Trinity College 1826 establishments in Ireland Hospitals established in 1826 Health Service Executive hospitals