Children's Health Ireland at Crumlin (CHI at Crumlin; ga, Sláinte Leanaí Éireann ag Cromghlinn) in
Drimnagh, Dublin is
Ireland
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's largest
paediatric hospital. CHI at Crumlin is so called because it is located
''at'' Crumlin. However it is located
''in'' Drimnagh.
History
The hospital, which was built on land donated by the
Archbishop of Dublin
The Archbishop of Dublin is an archepiscopal title which takes its name after Dublin, Ireland. Since the Reformation, there have been parallel apostolic successions to the title: one in the Catholic Church and the other in the Church of Irelan ...
, was designed by Robinson Keefe Devane and officially opened as Our Lady's Hospital for Sick Children in 1956.
The hospital changed its name to "Our Lady's Children's Hospital, Crumlin" in 2005.
In November 2012 the
Minister for Health A health minister is the member of a country's government typically responsible for protecting and promoting public health and providing welfare and other social security services.
Some governments have separate ministers for mental health.
Coun ...
James Reilly announced plans to transfer the hospital's services to
a new children's hospital on the campus of
St. James's Hospital.
In July 2013 concerns were raised about children who underwent a colonoscopy at the hospital between 17 May and 5 July 2013; it was revealed they had been exposed to an infection that could not be cured by antibiotics.
The hospital changed its name from Our Lady's Children's Hospital, Crumlin to Children's Health Ireland at Crumlin as part of the rebranding of three hospitals under the Children's Health Ireland banner on 1 January 2019.
As of late October 2020, the hospital had failed to make several of its clinical trial results public as required by European Union transparency rules.
All-Ireland champions
It is a tradition that
All-Ireland champions visit the hospital after the final.
When the
Dublin senior ladies' football team
The Dublin county ladies' football team represents Dublin GAA in ladies' Gaelic football. The team competes in inter-county competitions such as the All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship, the Leinster Senior Ladies' Football Champion ...
won the
2019 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship Final, the team included
Rachel Ruddy
Rachel Ruddy is a senior Dublin ladies' footballer. She was a member of the Dublin teams that won the All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship in 2010, 2017 and 2019. In 2017 she received her second All Star award. Ruddy has also playe ...
who works as a physiotherapist at the hospital. Ruddy hosted her Dublin teammates during their visit.
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Crumlin, Dublin
Hospital buildings completed in 1956
Teaching hospitals in Dublin (city)
Teaching hospitals of the University of Dublin, Trinity College
Health Service Executive hospitals
1956 establishments in Ireland
Catholic hospitals in Europe
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