Midland Regional Hospital, Portlaoise
| Midlands Regional Hospital, Portlaoise | |
|---|---|
| Health Service Executive | |
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| Geography | |
| Location | Portlaoise, County Laois, Ireland |
| Organisation | |
| Care system | HSE |
| Type | Regional |
| Services | |
| Emergency department | Yes |
| Beds | 200 |
| History | |
| Opened | 1936 |
The Midlands Regional Hospital, Portlaoise is a public[1] hospital located in Portlaoise, County Laois, Ireland. It is managed by the Irish Government's Health Service Executive and provides acute-care hospital services, including a 24-hour emergency department,[1] for the population of County Laois and the Irish Midlands. In 2008, the hospital served 44,645 out-patients, and 10,951 in-patients, with an average stay of 3.8 nights.[1] 94.6% of admissions were made via the accident and emergency department or 10,112 patients. In 2007, 40,114 patients presented to the emergency department. The hospital saw 3,568 day cases in the same year.[1]
History
The Hospital was designed by Drogheda born Irish Architect Michael Scott, and was built between 1933 and 1936. It is a replacement hospital for the County Infirmary which was built in 1808 by David Henry.[2]
Services
The hospital provides 200 beds, of which 140 are in-patient acute beds, while 10 are reserved for acute day cases.[1] A further 50 beds are for psychiatric services. In-patient services include general medicine, general surgery, accident and emergency, oncology, endocrinology, ophthalmology, orthopaedics, obstetrics and gynaecology, haematology, paediatrics, anaesthesia, radiology.[1]
Waiting times
The national median waiting time for surgery in November 2009 stood at 2.5 months; at Portlaoise Regional this figure was 3.2 months. Overall waiting time was 3.2 months, above the national median of 2.4 months.[3] As of November 2009,[3] the National Treatment Purchase Fund listed the following waiting times for procedures:
Surgical
- adult patients waiting 3–6 months: 93
- adult patients waiting 6–12 months: 72
- adult patients waiting over 12 months: 9
- child patients waiting 3–6 months: 2
- child surgical patients waiting 6–12 months: 3
- child surgical patients waiting over 12 months: 0
Medical
- adult patients waiting 3–6 months: unavailable
- adult patients waiting 6–12 months: unavailable
- adult patients waiting over 12 months: unavailable
- child patients waiting 3–6 months: unavailable
- child patients waiting 6–12 months: unavailable
- child patients waiting over 12 months: unavailable
Hygiene
Independent audits rated hygiene levels as 65% satisfactory in 2005,[4] rising to 84% in 2006.[5] Hospital-acquired infection affected 2.0% of patients in 2007, with a Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infection rate of 0.07 per 1,000 bed days in 2007.[1]
See also
References
- ^ a b c d e f g http://www.hse.ie/eng/staff/FactFile/County_Information/Laois/Midland%20Regional%20Hospital%20Portlaoise/Midland_Regional_Hospital_Portlaoise.html
- ^ "Dictionary of Irish Architechs 1720 - 1940". www.dia.ie.
- ^ a b "Report on The National Patient Treatment Register" (PDF). The National Treatment Purchase Fund. November 2009. Retrieved 2010-07-09.
- ^ "Report on a National Acute Hospitals Hygiene Audit undertaken on behalf of the National Hospitals Office, Health Service Executive" (PDF). Health Service Executive. October 2005. Retrieved 2010-07-04.
- ^ "Report on the Second National Acute Hospitals Hygiene Audit" (PDF). Health Service Executive. June 2006. Retrieved 2010-07-04.