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Dáil Éireann debate -
Thursday, 7 Dec 2000

Vol. 527 No. 5

Written Answers. - Hospital Waiting Lists.

Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin

Question:

157 Caoimhghin Ó Caoláin asked the Minister for Health and Children the current numbers on acute hospital waiting lists by each health board and by each hospital. [29119/00]

The total number on in-patient waiting lists by health boards and hospitals at 30 September 2000, the latest data for which figures are available, are set out in the following tables.

Public In-Patient Waiting List by Health Board and Hospital, 30/09/2000
Eastern Regional Health Authority

Hospital

All Beds:Total on Waiting List

Beaumont Hospital

3,255

Coombe Women's Hospital

34

James Connolly Memorial Hospital (Blanchardstown)

335

Mater Misericordiae Hospital

4,155

Naas General Hospital

56

Our Lady's Hospital (Crumlin)

506

Rotunda Hospital (Dublin)

116

Royal Victoria Eye and Ear Hospital (Dublin)

743

St. Mary's Hospital, Cappagh

751

St. Michael's Hospital (Dun Laoghaire)

229

St. Vincent's Hospital (Elm Park)

3,314

St. James's Hospital

1,121

Tallaght Hospital

1,595

Temple Street Children's Hospital (Dublin)

1,061

Sub-Total – Eastern Regional Health Authority

17,271

Midland Health Board

Hospital

All Beds:Total on Waiting List

Longford/Westmeath General Hospital (Mullingar)

35

Portlaoise General Hospital

167

Tullamore General Hospital

1,772

Sub-Total – Midland Health Board

1,974

Mid-Western Health Board

Hospital

All Beds:Total on Waiting List

Ennis General Hospital

0

Nenagh General Hospital

0

Regional Hospital (Dooradoyle), Limerick

669

Regional Orthopaedic Hospital (Croom)

205

St. John's Hospital (Limerick)

57

Sub-Total – Mid-Western Health Board

931

North-Eastern Health Board

Hospital

All Beds:Total on Waiting List

Cavan General Hospital

333

Louth County Hospital, Dundalk

1

Monaghan General Hospital

48

Our Lady of Lourdes (NEHB)

694

Our Lady's General Hospital, Navan

442

Sub-Total – North-Eastern Health Board

1,518

North Western Health Board

Hospital

All Beds:Total on Waiting List

Letterkenny General Hospital

389

Sligo Regional Hospital

883

Sub-Total – North Western Health Board

1,272

South Eastern Health Board

Hospital

All Beds:Total on Waiting List

Orthopaedic Hospital, Kilcreene

498

Our Lady's Hospital, Cashel

0

St. Joseph's Hospital, Clonmel

171

St. Luke's Hospital, Kilkenny

404

Waterford Regional Hospital, Ardkeen

542

Wexford General Hospital

320

Sub-Total – South Eastern Health Board

1,935

Southern Health Board

Hospital

All Beds:Total on Waiting List

Cork University Hospital

864

Mercy Hospital, Cork

371

South Infirmary/Victoria Hospital Ltd.

449

St. Mary's Hospital, Gurranebraher

537

Tralee General Hospital

247

Sub-Total – Southern Health Board

2,468

Western Health Board

Hospital

All Beds:Total on Waiting List

Mayo General Hospital, Castlebar

0

Merlin Park Regional Hospital, Galway

420

Portiuncula Hospital, Ballinasloe

25

Roscommon General Hospital

2

University College Hospital, Galway

1,841

Sub-Total – Western Health Board

2,288

Public In-Patient Waiting List for All Specialities, 30/9/2000
Eastern Regional Health Authority
Beaumont Hospital

Specialty

Procedure

All Beds: Total on Waiting List

Cardiac Surgery

Adults (CABG)

0

Cardiac Surgery

Adults (other surgery)

0

Cardiac Surgery

Children (all procedures)

0

Cardiology

155

Dental

118

Dermatology

2

E.N.T.

Adults (all E.N.T. procedures)

746

E.N.T.

Children (other procedures)

72

E.N.T.

Children (tonsils/adenoids)

20

Endocrine

90

Gastro-enterology

128

Genito-Urinary

0

Gerontology

0

Gynaecology

All procedures

69

Haematology

0

Maxillo-Facial

15

Medicine

11

Metabolic

0

Nephrology

68

Neurology

67

Neurosurgery

544

Oncology

5

Opthalmology

Adults (cataracts)

1

Opthalmology

Children (all procedures)

1

Orthopaedics

Other elective procedures

141

Orthopaedics

Total hip replacements

0

Specialty

Procedure

All Beds: Total on Waiting List

Paediatrics

0

Pain

34

Plastic Surgery

Children (all procedures)

6

Psychiatry

2

Radiotherapy

0

Rehabilitation

0

Respiratory

59

Rheumatology

26

Surgery

All procedures

285

Urology

All procedures

318

Vascular

Other procedures

252

Vascular

Varicose veins

20

Sub-Total

Beaumont Hospital

3,255

Coombe Women's Hospital

Specialty

Procedure

All Beds: Total on Waiting List

Gynaecology

All procedures

34

Sub-Total

Coombe Women's Hospital

34

James Connolly Memorial Hospital (Blanchardstown)

Specialty

Procedure

All Beds: Total on Waiting List

Cardiology

1

Gastro-enterology

2

Plastic Surgery

Adults (functional)

98

Plastic Surgery

Children (all procedures)

10

Surgery

All procedures

204

Urology

All procedures

20

Sub-Total

James Connolly Memorial Hospital

335

Mater Misericordiae Hospital

Specialty

Procedure

All Beds: Total on Waiting List

Cardiac Surgery

Adults (CABG)

456

Cardiac Surgery

Adults (other surgery)

114

Cardiology

800

Dermatology

23

E.N.T.

Adults (all E.N.T. procedures)

511

Endocrine

51

Gastro-enterology

96

Gynaecology

All procedures

120

Infectious Diseases

4

Maxillo-Facial

24

Nephrology

19

Neurology

14

Opthalmology

Adults (cataracts)

881

Opthalmology

Adults (other procedures)

159

Orthopaedics

Other elective procedures

106

Orthopaedics

Total hip replacements

1

Orthopaedics

Total knee replacements

0

Pain

3

Plastic Surgery

Adults (cosmetic)

67

Plastic Surgery

Adults (functional)

337

Respiratory

22

Rheumatology

29

Surgery

All procedures

105

Urology

All procedures

109

Vascular

Other procedures

29

Vascular

Varicose veins

75

Sub-Total

Mater Misericordiae Hospital

4,155

Naas General Hospital

Specialty

Procedure

All Beds: Total on Waiting List

Vascular

Varicose veins

56

Sub-Total

Naas General Hospital

56

Our Lady's Hospital, (Crumlin)

Specialty

Procedure

All Beds: Total on Waiting List

Cardiac Surgery

Children (all procedures)

68

E.N.T.

Children (grommets)

76

E.N.T.

Children (other procedures)

78

E.N.T.

Children (tonsils/adenoids)

181

Plastic Surgery

Children (all procedures)

103

Sub-Total

Our Lady's Hospital, (Crumlin)

506

Rotunda Hospital, Dublin

Specialty

Procedure

All Beds: Total on Waiting List

Gynaecology

All procedures

116

Sub-Total

Rotunda Hospital, (Dublin)

116

Royal Victoria Eye and Ear Hospital (Dublin)

Specialty

Procedure

All Beds: Total on Waiting List

E.N.T.

Adults (all E.N.T. procedures)

129

E.N.T.

Children (grommets)

6

E.N.T.

Children (other procedures)

3

E.N.T.

Children (tonsils/adenoids)

25

Opthalmology

Adults (cataracts)

235

Opthalmology

Adults (other procedures)

304

Opthalmology

Children (all procedures)

41

Sub-Total

Royal Victoria Eye and Ear Hospital (Dublin)

743

St. Mary's Hospital, Cappagh

Specialty

Procedure

All Beds: Total on Waiting List

Orthopaedics

Other elective procedures

370

Orthopaedics

Total hip replacements

253

Orthopaedics

Total knee replacements

128

Sub-Total

St. Mary's Hospital, Cappagh

751

St. Michael's Hospital (Dun Laoghaire)

Specialty

Procedure

All Beds: Total on Waiting List

E.N.T.

Adults (all E.N.T. procedures)

114

E.N.T.

Children (other procedures)

6

Medicine

6

Orthopaedics

Other elective procedures

24

Surgery

All procedures

67

Urology

All procedures

12

Sub-Total

St. Michael's Hospital (Dun Laoghaire)

229

St. Vincent's Hospital (Elm Park)

Specialty

Procedure

All Beds:Total on Waiting List

Cardiology

106

E.N.T.

Adults (all E.N..T procedures)

572

Gastro-enterology

76

Genito-Urinary

139

Gynaecology

All procedures

171

Nephrology

2

Neurology

28

Opthalmology

Adults (cataracts)

241

Opthalmology

Adults (other procedures)

5

Orthopaedics

Other elective procedures

47

Pain

430

Plastic Surgery

Adult (cosmetic)

25

Plastic Surgery

Adults (functional)

243

Psychiatry

1

Respiratory

76

Rheumatology

7

Surgery

All procedures

472

Thoracic

69

Urology

All procedures

139

Vascular

Other procedures

49

Vascular

Varicose veins

416

Sub-Total

St. Vincent's Hospital (Elm Park)

3,314

St. James's Hospital

Specialty

Procedure

All Beds:Total on Waiting List

Cardiac Surgery

Adults (CABG)

91

E.N.T.

Adult (all E.N.T. procedures)

49

E.N.T.

Children (other procedures)

7

Gynaecology

All procedures

24

Maxillo-Facial

61

Orthopaedics

Other elective procedures

30

Plastic Surgery

Adults (cosmetic)

26

Plastic Surgery

Adults (functional)

204

Plastic Surgery

Children (all procedures)

11

Surgery

All procedures

109

Urology

All procedures

119

Vascular

Other procedures

30

Vascular

Varicose veins

360

Sub-Total

St. James's Hospital

1,121

Tallaght Hospital

Specialty

Procedure

All Beds:Total on Waiting List

Cardiology

52

Dermatology

1

E.N.T.

Adults (all E.N.T. procedures)

241

E.N.T.

Children (tonsils-adenoids)

50

Endocrinology

21

Gastro-enterology

7

Gynaecology

All procedures

50

Medicine

11

Nephrology

7

Neurology

14

Orthopaedics

Other elective procedures

312

Orthopaedics

Total joint replacements

112

Orthopaedics

Total hip replacements

170

Orthopaedics

Total knee replacements

136

Respiratory

3

Rheumatology

6

Surgery

All procedures

211

Urology

All procedures

187

Vascular

Other procedures

4

Sub-Total

Tallaght Hospital

1,595

Temple Street Children's Hospital (Dublin)

Specialty

Procedure

All Beds:Total on Waiting List

E.N.T.

Children (grommets)

144

E.N.T.

Children (tonsils-adenoids)

467

Metabolic

16

Neurology

5

Opthalmology

Children (all procedures)

7

Orthopaedics

Other elective procedures

28

Plastic Surgery

Children (all procedures)

262

Surgery

All procedures

131

Urology

All procedures

1

Sub-Total

Temple Street Children's Hospital (Dublin)

1,061

Midland Health Board
Longford-Westmeath General Hospital (Mullingar)

Specialty

Procedure

All Beds:Total on Waiting List

Gynaecology

All procedures

35

Sub-Total

Longford-Westmeath General Hospital (Mullingar)

35

Portlaoise General Hospital

Specialty

Procedure

All Beds:Total on Waiting List

Gynaecology

All procedures

14

Surgery

All procedures

77

Urology

All procedures

73

Vascular

Varicose veins

3

Sub-Total

Portlaoise General Hospital

167

Tullamore General Hospital

Specialty

Procedure

All Beds:Total on Waiting List

E.N.T.

Adults (all E.N.T. procedures)

755

E.N.T.

Children (grommets)

6

E.N.T.

Children (other procedures)

107

E.N.T.

Children (tonsils-adenoids)

251

Orthopaedics

Other elective procedures

387

Orthopaedics

Total hip replacements

131

Orthopaedics

Total knee replacements

17

Surgery

All procedures

64

Vascular

Varicose veins

54

Sub-Total

Tullamore General Hospital

1,772

Mid-Western Health Board
Ennis General Hospital

Specialty

Procedure

All Beds:Total on Waiting List

Gynaecology

All procedures

0

Surgery

All procedures

0

Urology

All procedures

0

Sub-Total

Ennis General Hospital

0

Nenagh General Hospital

Specialty

Procedure

All Beds:Total on Waiting List

Gynaecology

All procedures

0

Surgery

All procedures

0

Urology

All procedures

0

Sub-Total

Nenagh General Hospital

0

Regional Hospital, (Dooradoyle) Limerick

Specialty

Procedure

All Beds:Total on Waiting List

Cardiology

1

Dental

70

E.N.T.

Adults (all E.N.T procedures)

94

E.N.T.

Children (tonsils-adenoids)

34

Gynaecology

All procedures

17

Opthalmology

Adults (cataracts)

345

Opthalmology

Adults (other procedures)

43

Opthalmology

Children (all procedures)

48

Surgery

All procedures

11

Vascular

Varicose veins

6

Sub-Total

Regional Hospital, (Dooradoyle) Limerick

669

Regional Orthopaedic Hospital (Croom)

Specialty

Procedure

All Beds:Total on Waiting List

Orthopaedics

Other elective procedures

132

Orthopaedics

Total hip replacements

45

Orthopaedics

Total knee replacements

28

Sub-Total

Regional Orthopaedic Hospital (Croom)

205

St. John's Hospital (Limerick)

Specialty

Procedure

All Beds:Total on Waiting List

Gynaecology

All procedures

12

Medicine

2

Vascular

All procedures

43

Sub-Total

St. John's Hospital (Limerick)

57

North Eastern Health Board
Cavan General Hospital

Specialty

Procedure

All Beds:Total on Waiting List

E.N.T.

Adults (all E.N.T. procedures)

49

E.N.T.

Children (other procedures)

20

Gynaecology

All procedures

27

Surgery

All procedures

30

Vascular

Varicose veins

207

Sub-Total

Cavan General Hospital

333

Louth County Hospital, Dundalk

Specialty

Procedure

All Beds:Total on Waiting List

Gynaecology

All procedures

1

Sub-Total

Louth County Hospital, Dundalk

1

Monaghan General Hospital

Specialty

Procedure

All Beds:Total on Waiting List

Surgery

All procedures

48

Sub-Total

Monaghan General Hospital

48

Our Lady of Lourdes (NEHB)

Specialty

Procedure

All Beds:Total on Waiting List

E.N.T.

Adults (all E.N.T. procedures)

128

E.N.T.

Children (grommets)

33

E.N.T.

Children (other procedures)

29

E.N.T.

Children (tonsils-adenoids)

57

Gynaecology

All procedures

173

Surgery

All Procedures

92

Urology

All Procedures

166

Vascular

Varicose Veins

16

Sub-Total

Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital (NEHB)

694

Our Lady's General Hospital, Navan

Specialty

Procedure

All Beds:Total on Waiting List

Orthopaedics

Other elective procedures

308

Orthopaedics

Total hip replacements

107

Orthopaedics

Total knee replacements

27

Sub-Total

Our Lady's General Hospital, Navan

442

North Western Health Board
Letterkenny General Hospital

Specialty

Procedure

All Beds:Total on Waiting List

Gynaecology

All procedures

36

Orthopaedics

Other elective procedures

107

Orthopaedics

Total hip replacements

10

Orthopaedics

Total knee replacements

7

Surgery

All procedures

168

Urology

All procedures

15

Vascular

Varicose veins

46

Sub-Total

Letterkenny General Hospital

389

Sligo Regional Hospital

Specialty

Procedure

All Beds:Total on Waiting List

E.N.T.

Adults (all E.N.T. procedures)

361

E.N.T.

Children (grommets)

6

E.N.T.

Children (other procedures)

27

E.N.T.

Children (tonsils-adenoids)

68

Gynaecology

All procedures

41

Opthalmology

Adults (cataracts)

57

Opthalmology

Adults (other procedures)

17

Opthalmology

Children (all procedures)

38

Orthopaedics

Other elective procedures

86

Orthopaedics

Total hip replacements

27

Orthopaedics

Total knee replacements

6

Surgery

All procedures

104

Urology

All procedures

38

Vascular

Varicose veins

7

Sub-Total

Sligo Regional Hospital

883

South Eastern Health Board
Orthopaedic Hospital, Kilcreene

Specialty

Procedure

All Beds:Total on Waiting List

Orthopaedics

Other elective procedures

421

Orthopaedics

Total hip replacements

59

Orthopaedics

Total knee replacements

18

Sub-Total

Orthopaedic Hospital, Kilcreene

498

Our Lady's Hospital, Cashel

Specialty

Procedure

All Beds:Total on Waiting List

Surgery

All procedures

0

Urology

All procedures

0

Vascular

Varicose veins

0

Sub-Total

Our Lady's Hospital, Cashel

0

St. Joseph's Hospital, Clonmel

Specialty

Procedure

All Beds:Total on Waiting List

Gynaecology

All procedures

171

Sub-Total

St. Joseph's Hospital, Clonmel

171

St. Luke's Hospital, Kilkenny

Specialty

Procedure

All Beds:Total on Waiting List

Dental

12

Gynaecology

All procedures

123

Surgery

All procedures

136

Vascular

Varicose veins

133

Sub-Total

St. Luke's Hospital, Kilkenny

404

Waterford Regional Hospital, Ardkeen

Specialty

Procedure

All Beds:Total on Waiting List

Dental

31

E.N.T.

Adults (all E.N.T. procedures)

107

E.N.T.

Children (other procedures)

11

E.N.T.

Children (tonsils/adenoids)

71

Gynaecology

All procedures

34

Medicine

3

Opthalmology

Adults (cataracts)

206

Opthalmology

Adults (other procedures)

12

Opthalmology

Children (all procedures)

27

Pain

10

Surgery

All procedures

30

Urology

All procedures

0

Vascular

Varicose veins

0

Sub-Total

Waterford Regional Hospital, Ardkeen

542

Wexford General Hospital

Specialty

Procedure

All Beds:Total on Waiting List

Dental

210

Gynaecology

All procedures

56

Surgery

All procedures

21

Vascular

Varicose veins

33

Sub-Total

Wexford General Hospital

320

Southern Health Board
Cork University Hospital

Specialty

Procedure

All Beds:Total on Waiting List

Cardiac Surgery

Adults (CABG)

29

Cardiac Surgery

Adults (other surgery)

6

Cardiology

70

Gynaecology

All procedures

4

Neurosurgery

24

Opthalmology

Adults (cataracts)

337

Opthalmology

Adults (other procedures)

106

Opthalmology

Children (all procedures)

49

Plastic Surgery

Adults (functional)

89

Plastic Surgery

Children (all procedures)

23

Rheumatology

2

Urology

All procedures

125

Sub-Total

Cork University Hospital

864

Mercy Hospital, Cork

Specialty

Procedure

All Beds:Total on Waiting List

Surgery

All procedures

24

Vascular

Varicose veins

347

Sub-Total

Mercy Hospital, Cork

371

South Infirmary/Victoria Hospital Ltd.

Specialty

Procedure

All Beds:Total on Waiting List

E.N.T.

Adults (all E.N.T. procedures)

373

E.N.T.

Children (grommets)

1

E.N.T.

Children (other procedures)

3

E.N.T.

Children (tonsils/adenoids)

1

Gynaecology

All procedures

35

Surgery

All procedures

36

Sub-Total

South Infirmary/Victoria Hospital Ltd.

449

St. Mary's Hospital, Gurranebraher

Specialty

Procedure

All Beds:Total on Waiting List

Orthopaedics

Other elective procedures

334

Orthopaedics

Total hip replacements

98

Orthopaedics

Total knee replacements

105

Sub-Total

St. Mary's Hospital, Gurranbraher

537

Tralee General Hospital

Specialty

Procedure

All Beds:Total on Waiting List

E.N.T.

Adults (all E.N.T. procedures)

96

E.N.T.

Children (grommets)

2

E.N.T.

Children (tonsils/adenoids)

1

Gynaecology

All procedures

22

Orthopaedics

Other elective procedures

6

Orthopaedics

Total hip replacements

2

Surgery

All procedures

118

Sub-Total

Tralee General Hospital

247

Western Health Board
Mayo General Hospital, Castlebar

Specialty

Procedure

All Beds:Total on Waiting List

Surgery

All procedures

0

Sub-Total

Mayo General Hospital, Castlebar

0

Merlin Park Regional Hospital, Galway

Specialty

Procedure

All Beds:Total on Waiting List

Orthopaedics

Other elective procedures

222

Orthopaedics

Total hip replacements

118

Orthopaedics

Total knee replacements

80

Sub-Total

Merlin Park Regional Hospital, Galway

420

Portiuncula Hospital, (Ballinasloe)

Specialty

Procedure

All Beds:Total on Waiting List

Dental

14

Gynaecology

All procedures

0

Pain

11

Surgery

All procedures

0

Vascular

Varicose veins

0

Sub-Total

Portiuncula Hospital, (Ballinasloe)

25

Roscommon General Hospital

Specialty

Procedure

All Beds:Total on Waiting List

Surgery

All procedures

2

Sub-Total

Roscommon General Hospital

2

University College, Hospital, Galway

Specialty

Procedure

All Beds:Total on Waiting List

Cardiology

6

E.N.T.

Adults (all E.N.T. procedures)

407

E.N.T.

Children (other procedures)

30

E.N.T.

Children (tonsils/adenoids)

87

Opthalmology

Adults (cataracts)

220

Opthalmology

Adults (other procedures)

61

Opthalmology

Children (all procedures)

16

Plastic Surgery

Adults (functional)

467

Plastic Surgery

Children (all procedures)

103

Surgery

All procedures

68

Urology

All procedures

212

Vascular

Varicose veins

164

Sub-Total

University College Hospital, Galway

1,841

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