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| Beaumont Hospital | |
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| Health Service Executive | |
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| Geography | |
| Location | Beaumont, County Dublin, Ireland |
| Coordinates | Coordinates: 53°23′28″N 6°13′20″W / 53.391142°N 6.222154°W |
| Organisation | |
| Care system | HSE |
| Funding | €366,025,000 |
| Hospital type | General |
| Affiliated university | Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland |
| Services | |
| Emergency department | Yes |
| Beds | 820 |
| History | |
| Founded | September 29, 1987 |
| Links | |
| Website | http://www.beaumont.ie |
Beaumont Hospital is a large, public academic teaching and voluntary hospital located in Beaumont, Dublin, Ireland. It is located 5km from Dublin City Centre. It is the second largest hospital in the Republic of Ireland. It is located to the east of the M1 motorway and to the south of the M50. The Hospital's main entrance is at the south side of the site and is approached via the drive from the Beaumont Road entrance. Access to the Hospital is also provided at Trim Road. It provides 24-hour emergency service and acute care services across 54 medical specialties to a local community of some 290,000 people. In addition, it is a Designated Cancer Centre and the Regional Treatment Centre for Ear, Nose and Throat, and Gastroenterology. It is also the National Referral Centre for Neurosurgery and Neurology, Renal Transplantation, and Cochlear Implantation. It is one of the largest acute general hospitals in Ireland. An average 60 patients per day are admitted for trauma or elective treatment, making it one of the busiest general Hospitals in the country. It employs approximately 3,000 staff and has 820 beds. It is the principal teaching hospital for the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland. For taxation purposes, Beaumont Hospital and the Beaumont Hospital Foundation are both registered charities. In 2015, the Hospital had a gross income of €366,025,000 and a total expenditure of €366,025,000.
Beaumont Hospital was planned and commissioned from 1978 to 1984 and represented an investment of IR£50 million. Its design is a direct replica of Cork University College Hospital. It opened on November 29, 1987 following the closure of two smaller and older Dublin hospitals: The Charitable Infirmary, better known as Jervis Street Hospital and St. Lawrence's Hospital (known as The Richmond). Beaumont Hospital took over management of St. Joseph's Hospital, Dublin, which is located 2 miles east of Beaumont Hospital in Raheny, in 2004. The Dublin Brain Bank, a research facility for post mortem storage and examination of brain tissue, opened at Beaumont Hospital in 2008. Recent additional developments include the opening of a Radiation oncology unit (2012), the opening of a new adult Cystic fibrosis ward (2011), the opening of a new Stroke unit with 24/7 thrombolysis service (November 2009) and the opening of a Medical Assessment Unit (2012). A 100-bedded long term care residential unit, called Raheny Community Nursing Unit, managed by Beaumont Hospital at St. Joseph's Hospital, was formally opened by the Irish Minister for Health Dr. James Reilly (Irish politician) T.D., in November 2012. Construction of a new Acute Psychiatry Unit at Beaumont Hospital was completed in 2013. Construction of a new Geriatric Medicine day hospital at St. Joseph's Hospital Raheny commenced in January 2013 and the unit opened in February 2014.
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