University Hospital Kerry has welcomed the announcement, by Health Minister, Stephen Donnelly, of a planned allocation of 108 additional inpatient beds, from 2025-2028, for the hospital.
A spokesperson for the hospital said, “This crucial expansion in bed capacity will enhance University Hospital Kerry’s ability to appropriately meet the growing demand for inpatient facilities and ultimately improve patient care. The additional inpatient beds will bring about multiple benefits to the patients of Kerry including a more expedient transition from the Emergency Department to an inpatient bed, for patients deemed suitable for admission.
“This announcement represents a very significant and noteworthy investing of financial capital resource into University Hospital Kerry and is in addition to ongoing progression of other significant capital projects for UHK such as the permanent Oncology build, Women’s Health Ambulatory Care offsite build, additional Operating Theatre and Dialysis
Neutral pressure Room, onsite.”
Mary Fitzgerald General Manager, on behalf of the entire management team at University Hospital Kerry, expressed
enthusiasm in regard to the announcement by Minister Donnelly. “We are very pleased and greatly appreciative of the announcement that UHK’s inpatient bed capacity will be expanded by 108 beds. The staff of UHK continually strive for excellence in the service they provide and one significant obstacle to this is our deficit in bed capacity – particularly single (isolation) rooms. Once operational, the additional bed capacity announced by Minister Donnelly, will enable the staff of University Hospital Kerry to deliver a much-enhanced inpatient service to the people of Kerry and beyond.
“We are hugely grateful for the recognition of UHK’s bed capacity deficit and the support of the Minister for Health and our HSE Colleagues, Regional and National, who will work closely with us to bring these additional beds to fruition.”
