University Hospital Kerry ( ga, Ospidéal Ollscoile Chiarraí) is a public hospital in Quill Street,

Tralee Tralee ( ; ga, Trá Lí, ; formerly , meaning 'strand of the Lee River') is the county town of County Kerry in the south-west of Ireland. The town is on the northern side of the neck of the Dingle Peninsula, and is the largest town in County ...

County Kerry County Kerry ( gle, Contae Chiarraí) is a county in Ireland. It is located in the South-West Region and forms part of the province of Munster. It is named after the Ciarraige who lived in part of the present county. The population of the co ...

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 ...

. It is managed by

South/Southwest Hospital Group The South/Southwest Hospital Group ( ga, Grúpa Ospidéal an Deiscirt / an Iardheiscirt) is one of the hospital groups established by the Health Service Executive in Ireland. History The grouping of hospitals was announced by the Irish Minister fo ...

History

The hospital was commissioned to replace the aging St Catherine's Hospital on the north side of Quill Street in Tralee. The new hospital, which was built on a site to the south of the old hospital, opened as the Tralee General Hospital in 1984. After evolving to become Kerry General Hospital, it was renamed University Hospital Kerry in February 2016.

Services

The hospital provides acute services and has 377 beds and delivers nearly 1,500 babies a year. It is affiliated with

University College Cork University College Cork – National University of Ireland, Cork (UCC) ( ga, Coláiste na hOllscoile Corcaigh) is a constituent university of the National University of Ireland, and located in Cork. The university was founded in 1845 as one of ...

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