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University Hospital Kerry

Coordinates: 52°15′56″N 9°41′15″W / 52.2655°N 9.6874°W / 52.2655; -9.6874
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University Hospital Kerry
Health Service Executive
University Hospital Kerry
University Hospital Kerry is located in Ireland
University Hospital Kerry
Shown in Ireland
Geography
LocationRathass, Tralee, County Kerry, Ireland
Coordinates52°15′56″N 9°41′15″W / 52.2655°N 9.6874°W / 52.2655; -9.6874
Organisation
TypeGeneral
Affiliated universityUniversity College Cork
Services
Emergency departmentYes Accident & Emergency
Beds377
HelipadYes
History
Opened1984
Links
Websitewww.hse.ie/eng/services/list/5/kerryhealthservices/uhk/
ListsHospitals in the Republic of Ireland

University Hospital Kerry (Irish: Ospidéal Ollscoile Chiarraí) is a public hospital in Quill Street, Tralee, County Kerry, Ireland. It is managed by South/Southwest Hospital Group.[1]

History

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The hospital was commissioned to replace the aging St Catherine's Hospital on the north side of Quill Street in Tralee.[2] The new hospital, which was built on a site to the south of the old hospital, opened as the Tralee General Hospital in 1984.[3] After evolving to become Kerry General Hospital, it was renamed University Hospital Kerry in February 2016.[4]

Services

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The hospital provides acute services and has 377 beds and delivers nearly 1,500 babies a year.[3] It is affiliated with University College Cork.[5]

References

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  1. ^ "Six hospital groups 'most fundamental reform in decades'". Irish Medical Times. 14 May 2013. Retrieved 27 May 2019.
  2. ^ "Tralee General Hospital". T. Bourke. Retrieved 1 November 2019.
  3. ^ a b "Tralee General celebrates 20 years of delivering the highest quality health care for the people of Kerry". The Kerryman. 29 April 2004. Retrieved 26 May 2019.
  4. ^ "New Sign Shows KGH Renamed University Hospital Kerry". Tralee Today. 17 February 2016. Retrieved 26 May 2019.
  5. ^ "Affiliated Hospitals and HSEs". University College Cork. Retrieved 8 March 2016.
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