National Orthopaedic Hospital Cappagh (Irish: Ospidéal Náisiúnta Ortaipéideach Cheapach), situated in Finglas, Dublin, is the largest orthopaedic hospital in Ireland.[1] It is managed by Ireland East Hospital Group.[2]
| National Orthopaedic Hospital Cappagh | |
|---|---|
| Health Service Executive | |
  Shown in Dublin | |
| Geography | |
| Location | Finglas, Ireland |
| Coordinates | 53°23′39″N 6°19′47″W / 53.3941°N 6.3296°W |
| Organisation | |
| Type | Specialist |
| Services | |
| Speciality | Orthopaedics |
| History | |
| Opened | 1921 |
History
editLady Martin, widow of Sir Richard Martin, died in 1907 and bequeathed Cappagh House to the Religious Sisters of Charity "to provide a school for poor children in the neighbourhood". However, it was not situated in a populated area and, from 1921, it was used as a convalescent home for children and a training school for nursery nurses.[3] It was occupied by children who needed long-term treatment with illness such as rickets, tuberculosis, and malnutrition. A school for the children was opened in 1923.[3] The Hospital was overseen by Catherine Cummins or Mother Polycarp.[4]
Building work, up to the mid-1950s, increased the number of beds and cots from 60 to 260, and new operating suite, X-ray department, and a physiotherapy department were added. From the mid-1950s fewer children were admitted following the discoveries of newer medical treatments and the number of beds was reduced to 164, and more beds were used for adults. From 1961 building modifications equipped the hospital to perform orthopaedic operations. It is now a major tertiary orthopaedic hospital, and provides tertiary elective orthopaedic services for the hospitals of the region including St. Vincent's Hospital, Mater Hospital, Beaumont Hospital, Connolly Hospital, Temple Street Children's University Hospital and the Central Remedial Clinic.[3]
A new post-anesthetic care unit was opened at the hospital in 2016.[5]
References
edit- ^ "Welcome to Cappagh Hospital". Cappagh National Orthopaedic Hospital. Archived from the original on 30 November 2009. Retrieved 29 September 2009.
- ^ "Six hospital groups 'most fundamental reform in decades'". Irish Medical Times. 14 May 2013. Retrieved 27 May 2019.
- ^ a b c "Cappagh National Orthopaedic Hospital: History". Cappagh National Orthopaedic Hospital. Archived from the original on 20 June 2008. Retrieved 29 September 2009.
- ^ Butler, Katherine (1992). "Catherine Cummins and Her Hospital: 1920-1938". Dublin Historical Record. 45 (2): 81–90. ISSN 0012-6861.
- ^ "New PACU unit is opened at NOHC". Irish Medical Times. 30 September 2016. Retrieved 12 May 2019.