St Vincent's Hospital, Athy () is a

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located in

Athy Athy ( ; ) is a market town at the meeting of the River Barrow and the Grand Canal in south-west County Kildare, Ireland, 72 kilometres southwest of Dublin. A population of 9,677 (as of the 2016 census) makes it the sixth largest town in Kild ...

, Ireland.

History

Athy workhouse was established on the site under the Irish Poor Laws; it opened on 9 January 1844, just before the Great Famine. The Sisters of Mercy arrived as nursing sisters in 1873. In 1898, it became a County Home. 268 residents were transferred to the new St Vincent's Hospital on 3 April 1969.

Services

At present St Vincent's primarily provides geriatric care, including a residential care centre and day-care facilities for

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patients. It is monitored by the Health Information and Quality Authority (HIQA).

References

{{Irish hospitals

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