Rory O'Hanlon
Question:55 Dr. O'Hanlon asked the Minister for Health the number of sterilisations performed in each hospital in the State in the last year for which figures are available. [11549/95]
Written Answers. - Sterilisation Procedures.
Limerick East): While the information requested by the Deputy is not routinely collected by the Department, hospitals have supplied the following data in relation to 1994.
Number of Sterilisations in 1994
|
Hospital |
Female |
Male |
|
Eastern Health Board Area |
||
|
St. James's |
72 |
55 |
|
Meath |
49 |
40 |
|
Adelaide |
281 |
258 |
|
Rotunda |
582 |
— |
|
Beaumont |
77 |
— |
|
Coombe |
488 |
— |
|
Holles Street |
321 |
— |
|
Total |
1,870 |
353 |
|
North Western Health Board |
||
|
Sligo |
10 |
— |
|
Letterkenny |
2 |
— |
|
Total |
12 |
— |
|
Midland Health Board |
||
|
Portlaoise |
62 |
27 |
|
Longford/Westmeath |
136 |
2 |
|
Total |
198 |
29 |
|
South Eastern Health |
||
|
Board |
||
|
Cashel |
— |
11 |
|
Clonmel |
115 |
— |
|
Kilkenny |
58 |
— |
|
Wexford |
10 |
— |
|
Total |
183 |
11 |
|
Mid Western Health Board |
||
|
Limerick |
145 |
— |
|
Total |
145 |
— |
|
Southern Health Board |
||
|
South Infirmary/Victoria |
430 |
— |
|
Erinville |
96 |
— |
|
Cork Regional |
30 |
— |
|
Tralee General |
97 |
10 (est.) |
|
St. Finbarr's |
9 |
— |
|
Total |
662 |
10 |
|
Western Health Board |
||
|
Galway |
449 |
— |
|
Castlebar |
25 |
— |
|
Portiuncula |
6 |
— |
|
Total |
480 |
— |
|
North Eastern Health Board |
||
|
Cavan |
35 |
— |
|
Monaghan |
67 |
— |
|
Navan |
23 |
— |
|
Dundalk |
20 |
— |
|
Total |
145 |
— |
|
Overall Totals |
3,695 |
403 |
Data is not available on numbers of such procedures carried out other than in public hospitals.