| Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital | |
| Health Service Executive | |
|---|---|
| Geography | |
| Location | Drogheda, County Louth, Republic of Ireland, Ireland |
| Organisation | |
| Care system | Louth Meath Hospital Group |
| Hospital type | Regional |
| Affiliated university | Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland |
| Services | |
| Emergency department | Yes Accident & Emergency |
| Beds | 340 |
| Links | |
| Lists | Hospitals in the Republic of Ireland |
Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital (also known as OLLH or OLOLH) is a public hospital located in Drogheda, County Louth, Ireland,[1] part of the Louth Meath Hospital Group. 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 Louth and the North East. In 2008, the hospital served 110,844 out-patients, and 21,446 in-patients, with an average stay of 4.5 nights.[1] In 2007, 42,566 patients presented to the emergency department, of which 17,831 were admitted. 80.8% of all admissions were made via the accident and emergency department in 2008. The hospital saw 8,108 day cases in the same year. In 2008, there were 4,301 live births.[1] It is affiliated with the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland.[2][3]
The hospital was founded by the Medical Missionaries of Mary and transferred to then North Eastern Health Board (now the HSE) in 1997.
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The hospital provides 340 beds, of which 30 are reserved for acute day cases.[1] In-patient services include general medicine, general surgery, accident and emergency, dermatology, oncology, ophthalmology, obstetrics and gynaecology, cardiology, paediatrics, endocrinology, geriatrics, infectious disease, tropical medicine, otorhinolaryngology, palliative medicine, orthopaedics, urology, dental surgery, anaesthesia, intensive care, pathology, and radiology.[1][4]
Overall waiting time for all procedures was 2.1 months, below the national median of 2.4 months.[5]
Independent audits rated hygiene levels as 77% satisfactory in 2005,[6] rising to 88% in 2006.[7] Hospital-acquired infection affected 5.8% of patients in 2007, with a Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infection rate of 0.04 per 1,000 bed days in 2007.[1]