The Mater Misericordiae University Hospital ( ga, Ospidéal an Mater Misercordiae), commonly known as the Mater ( "matter"), is a major

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, based at

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, on the

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. It is managed by

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History

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The hospital was founded as an initiative of

Catherine McAuley Catherine McAuley, RSM (29 September 1778 – 11 November 1841) was an Irish Catholic religious sister who founded the Sisters of Mercy in 1831.Austin, Mary Stanislas"Sisters of Mercy."''The Catholic Encyclopedia''. Vol. 10. New York: Robert Ap ...

of the

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and was officially opened by Daniel Murray,

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, on 24 September 1861. ''Mater misericordiae'' means "Mother of Mercy" in

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, a title of the

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and alludes to its founders, the Sisters of Mercy. Electric light, a major step in the improvement of

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, was first used by

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, hysteroscopy and

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as well as the examination of the

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(and later

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) cavities at the hospital in 1865. It became the first hospital in Ireland to remain open 24 hours a day when it dealt with a

cholera Cholera is an infection of the small intestine by some strains of the bacterium '' Vibrio cholerae''. Symptoms may range from none, to mild, to severe. The classic symptom is large amounts of watery diarrhea that lasts a few days. Vomiting an ...

epidemic in 1886. In 2003, the National Pulmonary Hypertension Unit, the leading centre for the treatment of pulmonary hypertension in Ireland, was established at the hospital and, in 2008, the hospital became the first public hospital in Ireland to offer

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Services

The hospital, which is a teaching hospital for the

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, has 665 beds. It contains a negative-pressure ventilation ward which houses the National Bio-Terrorism Unit.

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