| Midlands Regional Hospital, Portlaoise | |
| Health Service Executive | |
|---|---|
| Geography | |
| Location | Portlaoise, County Laois, Republic of Ireland, Ireland |
| Organisation | |
| Care system | HSE |
| Hospital type | Regional |
| Services | |
| Emergency department | Yes Accident & Emergency |
| Beds | 200 |
| Links | |
| Lists | Hospitals in the Republic of Ireland |
The Midlands Regional Hospital, Portlaoise is a public[1] hospital located in Portlaoise, County Laois, Ireland. It is managed by the Irish Government's Health Service Executive and provides acute-care hospital services, including a 24-hour emergency department,[1] for the population of County Laois and the Irish Midlands. In 2008, the hospital served 44,645 out-patients, and 10,951 in-patients, with an average stay of 3.8 nights.[1] 94.6% of admissions were made via the accident and emergency department or 10,112 patients. In 2007, 40,114 patients presented to the emergency department. The hospital saw 3,568 day cases in the same year.[1]
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The hospital provides 200 beds, of which 140 are in-patient acute beds, while 10 are reserved for acute day cases.[1] A further 50 beds are for psychiatric services. In-patient services include general medicine, general surgery, accident and emergency, oncology, endocrinology, ophthalmology, orthopaedics, obstetrics and gynaecology, haematology, paediatrics, anaesthesia, radiology.[1]
The national median waiting time for surgery in November 2009 stood at 2.5 months; at Portlaoise Regional this figure was 3.2 months. Overall waiting time was 3.2 months, above the national median of 2.4 months.[2] As of November 2009,[2] the National Treatment Purchase Fund listed the following waiting times for procedures:
Independent audits rated hygiene levels as 65% satisfactory in 2005,[3] rising to 84% in 2006.[4] Hospital-acquired infection affected 2.0% of patients in 2007, with a Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infection rate of 0.07 per 1,000 bed days in 2007.[1]