The National Rehabilitation Hospital ( ga, Ospidéal Náisiúnta Athshlánúcháin) in

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, Dublin, is an Irish publicly funded hospital that provides rehabilitation treatment for patients who have a physical or cognitive disability due to illness or injury. Although it is funded by the state the hospital is owned by a

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, the

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History

The hospital was established when the

acquired a property known as "The Ceders" in Dún Laoghaire in 1916. A purpose-built hospital for the treatment of

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was completed in February 1918. The facility was initially known as "Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital" and, after converting to use as rehabilitation hospital in 1961, became the National Rehabilitation Hospital in 1994. Although funding for an additional 120 beds had been approved in 2015, the

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was criticised for staff shortages at the hospital which caused twelve beds to be unavailable in March 2017 in spite of a waiting list of over 200 patients seeking admission. The hospital has a total of 110 beds but is said to be under-resourced according to advocacy organisation ''An Soal'' as well as senior staff of the hospital.

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* Hospitals in Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown Rehabilitation medicine organizations 1916 establishments in Ireland Hospital buildings completed in 1918 Hospitals established in 1916 {{Ireland-hospital-stub