St. John's Hospital, Limerick
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St. John's Hospital | |
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Voluntary Public Hospital | |
Geography | |
Location | Limerick, County Limerick, Ireland |
Coordinates | 52°39′48″N 8°37′01″W / 52.66327°N 8.61689°W |
Organisation | |
Care system | [HSE] |
Type | General |
Services | |
Beds | 99 |
History | |
Opened | 1781 |
Links | |
Website | www |
St. John's Hospital (Irish: Ospidéal Naomh Eoin) is an acute general voluntary hospital located in the city of Limerick, County Limerick, Ireland. St. John's Hospital is governed and managed independently by its own hospital board in accordance with its constitution. Although it is independently managed, St. John's Hospital is one of six hospitals that form UL Hospitals Group.[1]
History
Act of Parliament | |
Citation | 21 & 22 Geo. 3. c. 13 (I) |
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Territorial extent | Kingdom of Ireland |
The hospital, founded by Lady Lucy Hartstonge, was built on the site of an old barracks and opened as the Fever Hospital of Saint John in 1781.[2] The Sisters of the Little Company of Mary took over the management of the hospital in 1888.[3] The emergency department was replaced by a minor injuries unit in 2013.[4]
References
- ^ "Six hospital groups 'most fundamental reform in decades'". Irish Medical Times. 14 May 2013. Retrieved 27 May 2019.
- ^ "Saint John's Hospital, New Road, Pennywell, Limerick, Limerick City". National Inventory of Architectural Heritage. Retrieved 27 May 2019.
- ^ "History". Little Company of Mary. Retrieved 27 May 2019.
- ^ "Reopening of emergency department 'not viable' for St John's Hospital in Limerick". Limerick Leader. 25 February 2018. Retrieved 27 May 2019.
Further reading
- Devane, John (1970). A history of St. John's Hospital Limerick. Dublin University Press.
- Bennis, Patricia (2009). St. John's Fever and Lock Hospital, 1780-1890. Cambridge Scholars Publishing. ISBN 978-1443813938.
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