Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital
Drogheda
Co. Louth

Tel: (041) 9837601
Fax: (041) 9833868

Number of Beds:
In Patient: 310
Day: 30
Total Beds: 340

Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital Drogheda is a major teaching hospital. The hospital is part of the Louth Meath Hospital Group and also includes Louth County Hospital Dundalk and Our Lady's Hospital Navan.

The hospital provides acute medical and surgical services as well as maternity services to the catchment area of Louth, Meath and the surrounding hinterland including parts of north county Dublin.

Surgical Services provided at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital include:

• General Surgery
• Orthopaedics
• Urology
• Intensive Care
• ENT
• Anaesthetics

Medical services provided include:

• General Medicine
• Emergency Medicine
• Cardiology
• Endocrinology/Diabetes
• Oncology
• Dermatology
• Geriatric Medicine
• Respiratory Medicine
• Physical Medicine
• Pathology Services
• Palliative Care

The main Emergency Department for Louth Meath Hospital Group is located at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital. It is supported by an interim Medical Assessment Unit (a new Medical Assessment Unit is scheduled to open by end 2010) and Short Stay Unit on site and by a Minor Injuries Unit in Louth County Hospital Dundalk and the Emergency Department in Our Lady's Hospital Navan. Emergency services are provided in Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital 365 days a year 24 hours a day.

As part of the North East Transformation Programme there has been significant capital investment at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital since 2007. A major development involved the construction of a new Emergency Department with associated patient accommodation. This new department opened in June 2010 and comprises distinct assessment and treatment areas for adults including a Minor Injuries Department, a Major Treatment Department and a Resuscitation Area as well as a designated Paediatric Treatment Area. The Emergency Department also has its own dedicated X- Ray facility.

A new Oncology Day Services Unit officially opened at the hospital in 2008 and provides dedicated accommodation for Oncology Patients.

Midwifery Led Units were also established by the hospitals maternity services in 2008 and a major research project was undertaken in collaboration with Trinity College Dublin. The birth of the 1000th baby in the Midwifery Led Units was celebrated in 2009 and the findings of the research programme were published in the report An Evaluation of Midwifery Led Care in HSE North East Area.

The Irish Hospice Foundation established a national programme to mainstream hospice principles in hospital practice.  It focuses on four key themes generated from a pilot project: Integrated Care; Communication; Dignity & Design; Patient Autonomy. Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital is participating in this programme.

For more information please visit www.hospicefriendlyhospitals.net

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