The Midland Regional Hospital, Mullingar ( ga, Ospidéal Réigiúnach an Mhuilinn Chearr) is a public hospital at
Mullingar
Mullingar ( ; ) is the county town of County Westmeath in Ireland. It is the third most populous town in the Midland Region, with a population of 20,928 in the 2016 census.
The Counties of Meath and Westmeath Act 1543 proclaimed Westmeat ...
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County Westmeath
"Noble above nobility"
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Ireland
Ireland ( ; ga, Éire ; Ulster Scots dialect, Ulster-Scots: ) is an island in the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic Ocean, in Northwestern Europe, north-western Europe. It is separated from Great Britain to its east by the North Channel (Grea ...
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Ireland East Hospital Group
The Ireland East Hospital Group ( ga, Grúpa Ospidéal Oirthear na hÉireann) is one of the hospital groups established by the Health Service Executive in Ireland.
History
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History
The hospital was officially opened by
Seán T. O'Kelly
Seán Thomas O'Kelly ( ga, Seán Tomás Ó Ceallaigh; 25 August 1882 – 23 November 1966), originally John T. O'Kelly, was an Irish Fianna Fáil politician who served as the second president of Ireland from June 1945 to June 1959. He also serve ...
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Minister of Local Government and Public Health, as Westmeath County Hospital on 27 April 1936. It evolved to become the General Hospital, Mullingar and benefited from major extensions which opened in 1988 and 1994. In June 2010 some 4,000 people protested in Mullingar, concerned about the future of the hospital.
Services
The hospital provides 204 beds and 6 critical care beds.
See also
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Midland Regional Hospital, Portlaoise
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Midland Regional Hospital, Tullamore
References
External links
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Buildings and structures in Mullingar
Health Service Executive hospitals
Hospitals in County Westmeath
Hospital buildings completed in 1936
Hospitals established in 1936
1936 establishments in Ireland
20th-century architecture in the Republic of Ireland