Midland Regional Hospital, Mullingar
| Midland Regional Hospital, Mullingar | |
|---|---|
| Health Service Executive | |
 A view of the Midland Regional Hospital which is located in the west of the town | |
  The location of the hospital within County Westmeath | |
| Geography | |
| Location | Mullingar, County Westmeath, Ireland |
| Coordinates | 53°32′03″N 7°20′56″W / 53.534185°N 7.348961°W |
| Organisation | |
| Care system | HSE |
| Type | Regional |
| Services | |
| Emergency department | Yes Accident & Emergency |
| Beds | 204 (2014) [1] |
| History | |
| Opened | 1986 |
| Links | |
| Lists | Hospitals in the Republic of Ireland |
Midland Regional Hospital, Mullingar (formerly known as Longford-Westmeath Regional Hospital)[2] is a public[3] hospital located in Mullingar, County Westmeath, Ireland. It is managed by the Irish Government's Health Service Executive and provides acute-care hospital services, including a 24-hour emergency department,[3] for the population of County Westmeath and the Irish Midlands. In 2008, the hospital served 70,454 out-patients, and 18,951 in-patients, with an average stay of 3.0 nights.[3] 69.0% of admissions were made via the accident and emergency department or 12,114 patients. In 2007, 35,767 patients presented to the emergency department. The hospital saw 6,851 day cases in the same year.[3] A large extension was built in the early 1990s to accommodate the ever-increasing population of the town. A change in government halted investment and the extension lay as an empty shell until late 2006 when funding was finally secured to ensure its completion.
Services
The hospital provides 211 beds, of which 197 are in-patient acute beds, while 14 are reserved for acute day cases.[3] In-patient services include general medicine, general surgery, accident and emergency, oncology, cardiology, orthopaedics, obstetrics and gynaecology, haematology, paediatrics, anaesthesia, radiology.[3]
Waiting times
The national median waiting time for surgery in November 2009 stood at 2.5 months; at Mullingar Regional this figure was 2.6 months. Overall waiting time was 2.2 months, below the national median of 2.4 months.[4] As of November 2009,[4] the National Treatment Purchase Fund listed the following waiting times for procedures:
Surgical
- adult patients waiting 3–6 months: 48
- adult patients waiting 6–12 months: 44
- adult patients waiting over 12 months: 0
- child patients waiting 3–6 months: 0
- child surgical patients waiting 6–12 months: 2
- child surgical patients waiting over 12 months: 0
Medical
- adult patients waiting 3–6 months: 35
- adult patients waiting 6–12 months: 8
- adult patients waiting over 12 months: 4
- 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 63% satisfactory in 2005,[5] rising to 94% in 2006.[6] Hospital-acquired infection affected 2.9% of patients in 2007, with a Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infection rate of 0.09 per 1,000 bed days in 2007.[3]
Specialities
- General Medicine including Endoscopy, Gerontology, Respiratory Medicine, Endocrinology and Cardiology
- General Surgery
- Accident & Emergency
- Obstetrics / Gynaecology
- Out-Patient Services including Ophthalmology
- Paediatric / Special Care Baby Unit
- Pathology
- Radiology
- Sexual Assault Treatment Unit
- Sexually Transmitted Infections Clinic (S.T.I.) [7]
See also
References
- ^ http://www.hse.ie/eng/services/list/3/hospitals/mullingar/Statement%20of%20Purpose.pdf
- ^ http://www.hse.ie/eng/staff/FactFile/County_Information/Westmeath/Longford%20Westmeath%20Regional%20Hospital%20Mullingar/Longford_Westmeath_Regional_Hospital,_Mullingar.html
- ^ a b c d e f g http://www.hse.ie/eng/Staff/FactFile/County_Information/Westmeath/Longford%20Westmeath%20Regional%20Hospital%20Mullingar/Longford_Westmeath_Regional_Hospital,_Mullingar.html
- ^ 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 2010-07-16.
- ^ http://www.hse.ie/eng/services/list/3/hospitals/mullingar/