St. Luke's General Hospital

St. Luke's General Hospital, Kilkenny
Health Service Executive
Geography
Location Kilkenny, County Kilkenny, Ireland
Organisation
Care system Carlow-Kilkenny Acute Hospitals
Hospital type General
Services
Emergency department Yes
Beds 285
History
Founded 1942

St. Luke's General Hospital, Kilkenny (also known as Carlow/Kilkenny General Hospital and Kilkenny District Hospital) (Irish: Ospidéal Ginearálta Naomh Lúcás, Cill Chainnigh) is a public[1] hospital located in Kilkenny, Ireland.[2] Founded in 1942, it is managed by the Irish Government's Health Service Executive and provides acute hospital services, including a 24-hour emergency department, for the population of County Kilkenny, County Carlow, and part of County Tipperary. In 2008, the hospital served 51,804 out-patients, 15,957 in-patients, and 9,260 day cases, with an average stay of 5.2 nights. In 2007, there were 33,590 accident and emergency department presentations. 71.9% of all admissions were made via the emergency department. The hospital saw 2,193 live births in 2008.

Patient care

Services

The hospital provides 285 beds, of which 228 are in-patient acute beds, while 12 are reserved for day cases. A further 45 beds are designated for in-patient psychiatric care. In-patient services include general medicine, general surgery, geriatrics, accident and emergency, endocrinology, palliative care, coronary care, oncology, rheumatology, obstetrics and gynaecology, paediatrics, psychiatry, and day surgery.[2]

Hygiene

Independent audits rated hygiene levels as 76% or "fair" in 2005,[3] rising to 89% or "good" in 2006.[4] Hospital-acquired infection affected 1.8% of patients in 2007, with a Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infection rate of 0.11 per 1,000 bed days.[2]

Waiting lists[5]

Adult

  • adult surgical patients waiting 3–6 months: 87
  • adult surgical patients waiting 6–12 months: 41
  • adult surgical patients waiting over 12 months: 8
  • adult medical patients waiting 3–6 months: 2
  • adult medical patients waiting 6–12 months: 0
  • adult medical patients waiting over 12 months:0

Paediatric

  • child surgical patients waiting 3–6 months: 0
  • child surgical patients waiting 6–12 months: 0
  • child surgical patients waiting over 12 months: 0
  • child medical patients waiting 3–6 months:0
  • child medical patients waiting 6–12 months:0
  • child medical patients waiting over 12 months: 0

Staff

In 2007, the hospital employed over 880 staff, including: 91 doctors, 399 nurses, 60 health and social care professionals, 115 administrators, 193 general support staff, and 23 other patient/client care workers.

References

  1. ↑ "Public Hospitals in Ireland". Health Service Executive. 2007-05-01. Archived from the original on 2009-02-16. Retrieved 2009-03-20.
  2. 1 2 3 "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-01-23. Retrieved 2010-07-03.
  3. ↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-07-14. Retrieved 2010-07-04.
  4. ↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2010-06-13. Retrieved 2010-07-04.
  5. ↑ http://www.ptr.ie/pages/ptrstatistics.asp

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