Hospital type Regional Number of beds 204 (2014) Founded 1986 | Phone +353 44 934 0221 Province Leinster Care system Health Service Executive | |
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Location Mullingar, County Westmeath, Ireland Emergency department Yes Accident & Emergency Lists Hospitals in the Republic of Ireland Address Longford Rd, Robinstown (Levinge), Mullingar, Co. Westmeath, N91 NA43, Ireland Similar Midland Regional Hospital, Midland Regional Hospital, St Luke's General Hospital, St Columcille's Hospital, Connolly Hospital | ||
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Midland Regional Hospital, Mullingar (formerly known as Longford-Westmeath Regional Hospital) is a public hospital located in Mullingar, County Westmeath, Ireland. It is managed by the Health Service Executive, and provides acute-care hospital services, including a 24-hour emergency department, for the population of County Westmeath and the Irish Midlands. In 2008, the hospital served 70,454 out-patients, and 18,951 in-patients, with an average stay of 3.0 nights. 69.0% of admissions were made via the accident and emergency department or 12,114 patients. In 2007, 35,767 patients presented to the emergency department. The hospital saw 6,851 day cases in the same year. A large extension was built in the early 1990s to accommodate the ever-increasing population of the town. A change in government halted investment and the extension lay as an empty shell until late 2006 when funding was finally secured to ensure its completion.
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Services
The hospital provides 211 beds, of which 197 are in-patient acute beds, while 14 are reserved for acute day cases. In-patient services include general medicine, general surgery, accident and emergency, oncology, cardiology, orthopaedics, obstetrics and gynaecology, haematology, paediatrics, anaesthesia, radiology.
Waiting times
The national median waiting time for surgery in November 2009 stood at 2.5 months; at Mullingar Regional this figure was 2.6 months. Overall waiting time was 2.2 months, below the national median of 2.4 months. As of November 2009, the National Treatment Purchase Fund listed the following waiting times for procedures:
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Hygiene
Independent audits rated hygiene levels as 63% satisfactory in 2005, rising to 94% in 2006. Hospital-acquired infection affected 2.9% of patients in 2007, with a Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infection rate of 0.09 per 1,000 bed days in 2007.