Mid-Western Regional Hospital, Nenagh

Mid-Western Regional Hospital, Nenagh
Health Service Executive
Geography
Location	Nenagh, County Tipperary, Republic of Ireland, Ireland
Organisation
Care system	HSE
Hospital type	Regional
Services
Emergency department	Yes Accident & Emergency
Beds	188
Links
Lists	Hospitals in the Republic of Ireland

This article is about the hospital in Nenagh, Ireland. For other hospitals with similar names, see Mid-Western Regional Hospital.

The Mid-Western Regional Hospital, Nenagh (formerly known as Nenagh General Hospital or St. Joseph's Hospital) is a public^[1] hospital located in Nenagh, County Tipperary, Ireland.^[2] It is managed by the Irish Government's Health Service Executive and provides acute hospital services, including a 24-hour emergency department,^[3] for the population of County Tipperary. In 2008, the hospital served 9,976 out-patients, and 4,304 in-patients, with an average stay of 5.4 nights.^[4] 87.9% of admissions were made via the accident and emergency department.^[4]

Services

In-patient care

The hospital provides 188 beds, of which 180 are in-patient beds, while 8 are reserved for day cases.^[2] In-patient services include general medicine, general surgery, geriatric assessment, accident and emergency, intensive care/critical care and day surgery patients.^[5]

Out-patient care

General medicine, general surgery, orthopaedics, ante-natal and gynaecology, ear, nose and throat, urology, paediatrics, psychiatry and ophthalmology services are available on an out-patient basis.^[6]

Downgrading controversy

In 2009, Government plans to move certain services from Nenagh to Mid-Western Regional Hospital, Limerick were met with protests from healthcare professionals and local residents, including a 4,000-person public demonstration.^[7][8][9] While there would still be 24-hour access for patients referred by GPs, all surgical emergencies would be dealt with in Limerick.^[10] The changes would mean an estimated 10 extra admissions per night at the Limerick emergency department.^[11]

See also

• Mid-Western Regional Hospital, Ennis
• Mid-Western Regional Hospital, Limerick

References

1. ^ "Public Hospitals in Ireland". Health Service Executive. 2007-05-01. http://www.hse.ie/eng/Find_a_service/Hospitals/Public_Hospitals_in_Ireland.html. Retrieved 2009-03-20. 
2. ^ ^{a b} "Mid Western Regional Hospital, Nenagh". Health Service Executive. 2007-07-03. http://www.hse.ie/eng/find_a_service/Hospitals/nenagh/. Retrieved 2009-03-20. 
3. ^ "Doctors to fight cuts at Nenagh hospital". The Irish Times. 2009-01-22. http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2009/0122/1232474672569.html. Retrieved 2009-03-20. 
4. ^ ^{a b} "Mid Western Regional Hospital, Nenagh". Health Service Executive. 2007-10-03. http://www.hse.ie/eng/HSE_FactFile/County_Information/Tipperary/Nenagh%20Regional%20Hospital/Mid_Western_Regional_Hospital,_Nenagh.html. Retrieved 2009-03-20. 
5. ^ "In patient services: Mid-Western Regional Hospital, Nenagh". Health Service Executive. 2007-07-03. http://www.hse.ie/eng/Find_a_service/Hospitals/nenagh/In_patient_services/In_patient_services.html. Retrieved 2009-03-20. 
6. ^ "Out-Patient Services: Mid-Western Regional Hospital, Nenagh". Health Service Executive. 2007-07-03. http://www.hse.ie/eng/Find_a_service/Hospitals/nenagh/Out%20patient%20services/Out-Patient_Services.html. Retrieved 2009-03-20. 
7. ^ "Nenagh protest over A&E cutback plans". RTÉ. 2009-02-21. http://www.rte.ie/news/2009/0221/nenagh.html. Retrieved 2009-03-20. 
8. ^ O'Duffy, Simon (2009-02-28). "Hoctor and Lowry jeered at Nenagh hospital rally". The Nenagh Guardian. http://www.nenaghguardian.ie/news-detail.php?article=HGIC41. Retrieved 2009-03-20. 
9. ^ "'Drastic changes' for Nenagh Hospital". Irishhealth.com. 2008-07-02. http://www.irishhealth.com/article.html?id=13838. Retrieved 2009-03-20. 
10. ^ http://www.ratemyhospital.ie/hosp_newsstory.html?artid=14897&sortcrit=chrono
11. ^ http://www.limerickblogger.ie/blog/2009/03/nenagh-and-ennis-hospital-protests-come-to-limerick