Our Lady's Children's Hospital, Crumlin
Clodagh says;
"I am delighted to be an official patron of our Lady's Children's Hospital, Crumlin. The work they do is amazing. For more information on the hospital, events or how you can contribute, log on to www.olhsc.ie"
Our Lady's Children's Hospital Crumlin is an acute paediatric teaching hospital with 248 beds, employing over 1,500 staff. It is Ireland's largest paediatric hospital and is responsible for the provision of the majority of tertiary care service for children including the national centre for cardiac surgery and haematology/oncology, major burns, medical genetics and medical research for childhood illnesses.
The Hospital provides a high standard of care to the children availing of its service. The services provided are underpinned by a commitment to medical and nurse education and to the development of the skills of staff generally.
The Children's Medical & Research Foundation http://www.cmrf.org/ at Our Lady' is the fundraising umbrella for both the Hospital and the Research Centre and is dedicated to the improvement of children's health. The Foundation's function is to inspire and support the philanthropic spirit in individuals and organisations. It invests our communities' contributions in outstanding paediatric care, research and education to help children at Our Lady's, and throughout Ireland.
Since its establishment the Hospital continually expands and develops is services and infrastructure in the provision of optimal evidence based health care in order to meet the growing needs of the children and families.
Our Lady's Children's Hospital, Crumlin is in discussion with the HSE and Department of Health & Children, Children's University Hospital and the National Children's Hospital on the merge and relocation of the three Dublin Paediatric Hospitals onto one site providing world class expert acute paediatric care to the children of Ireland.
