Bon Secours Hospital, Cork

Hospital in Cork, Ireland
51°53′29″N 8°29′52″W / 51.8914°N 8.4979°W / 51.8914; -8.4979OrganisationCare systemPrivateTypeGeneralServicesBeds343HistoryOpened1915LinksWebsitewww.bonsecours.ie/cork/

The Bon Secours Hospital, Cork is a private hospital in Cork, Ireland. The hospital is part of Bon Secours Mercy Health.[1] This includes sister hospitals in Dublin, Galway, Limerick and Tralee.[2] The hospital has over 18,000 admissions and 29,000 outpatients attendances per year.[3]

History

The separate hospital and convent blocks in Cork were commissioned by the Bon Secours Sisters and completed in 1915.[4]

Services

The hospital has 343 in-patient beds. There are 30 day case beds, 30 endoscopy beds and 6 oncology day spaces. The hospital has 5 major and 2 minor operating theatres.[5] Services provided include cardiology, diagnostic imaging, nutrition and dietetics, histopathology, pharmacy, physiotherapy, respiratory medicine, angiography, cardiac rehabilitation, diabetes specialist services, intensive care, and oncology. In 2008 the hospital opened a Rapid Access Chest Pain clinic[6] for same day assessment of chest pain referred patients. In 2009 the hospital opened a Specialist Breast Care Clinic,[7] which offers a triple assessment to patients within 3 days of referral. In 2011 in co-operation with the Irish Cancer Society, a Daffodil Centre was opened in the hospital to provide information services to patients their families and the general public.[8] The hospital is a centre for surgical solutions for morbid obesity.[9] The Bon Secours Cork Cancer Centre in association with UPMC opened in 2019.[10]

Accreditation

The hospital received Joint Commission International accreditation in 2005.[11]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Bon Secours Mercy Health". Retrieved 14 August 2019.
  2. ^ "Bon Secours Health System - Private Hospitals in Ireland - Cork, Galway, Limerick, Tralee and Dublin". Bon Secours Health System. Retrieved 14 August 2019.
  3. ^ "Bon Secours Cork". bonsecours.ie/cork/. Retrieved 10 May 2019.
  4. ^ "Bon Secours Hospital, Cork". National Inventary of Architectural Heritage. Retrieved 10 May 2019.
  5. ^ "Hospitals Directory and Worldwide Hospitals Search". www.medilexicon.com. Retrieved 10 May 2019.
  6. ^ "Bon Secours Health System - Rapid Access Chest Pain Clinic (RACPC)". Bon Secours Health System. Retrieved 10 May 2019.
  7. ^ "Breast Screening Cork - Specialist Breast Care Cork, breastcare.ie". www.breastcare.ie. Retrieved 10 May 2019.
  8. ^ "Irish Cancer Society Daffodil Centres". Irish Cancer Society. Retrieved 9 February 2012.
  9. ^ "Mr. Colm O'Boyle - Cork Obesity Surgery Cork - Dublin IR". www.obesitysurgery.ie. Retrieved 10 May 2019.
  10. ^ "BSCCC".
  11. ^ "Joint Commission International (JCI) Accredited Organizations". Joint Commission International. Archived from the original on 2 July 2010. Retrieved 4 July 2010.
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