Summary
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]
| Bon Secours Hospital | |
|---|---|
| Bon Secours Health System | |
 Facade of Bon Secours Cork | |
  Shown in Ireland | |
| Geography | |
| Location | College Road, Cork, Ireland |
| Coordinates | 51°53′29″N 8°29′52″W / 51.8914°N 8.4979°W |
| Organisation | |
| Care system | Private |
| Type | General |
| Services | |
| Beds | 343 |
| History | |
| Opened | 1915 |
| Links | |
| Website | www |
History edit
The separate hospital and convent blocks in Cork were commissioned by the Bon Secours Sisters and completed in 1915.[4]
Services edit
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 edit
The hospital received Joint Commission International accreditation in 2005.[11]
See also edit
References edit
- ^ "Bon Secours Mercy Health". Retrieved 14 August 2019.
- ^ "Bon Secours Health System - Private Hospitals in Ireland - Cork, Galway, Limerick, Tralee and Dublin". Bon Secours Health System. Retrieved 14 August 2019.
- ^ "Bon Secours Cork". bonsecours.ie/cork/. Retrieved 10 May 2019.
- ^ "Bon Secours Hospital, Cork". National Inventary of Architectural Heritage. Retrieved 10 May 2019.
- ^ "Hospitals Directory and Worldwide Hospitals Search". www.medilexicon.com. Retrieved 10 May 2019.
- ^ "Bon Secours Health System - Rapid Access Chest Pain Clinic (RACPC)". Bon Secours Health System. Retrieved 10 May 2019.
- ^ "Breast Screening Cork - Specialist Breast Care Cork, breastcare.ie". www.breastcare.ie. Retrieved 10 May 2019.
- ^ "Irish Cancer Society Daffodil Centres". Irish Cancer Society. Retrieved 9 February 2012.
- ^ "Mr. Colm O'Boyle - Cork Obesity Surgery Cork - Dublin IR". www.obesitysurgery.ie. Retrieved 10 May 2019.
- ^ "BSCCC".
- ^ "Joint Commission International (JCI) Accredited Organizations". Joint Commission International. Archived from the original on 2 July 2010. Retrieved 4 July 2010.