Vol. 553 No. 2
557 Mr. Durkan asked the Minister for Health and Children the degree to which the Naas hospital development programme has been completed in accordance with the original plan; if additional facilities are now proposed; the projected date for the completion of the development and the full scale of facilities including bed and staff complement by the completion date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13778/02]
A major investment programme, comprising phases 2 and 3A, has been approved and is under way at Naas General Hospital. Construction of phase 2 commenced on site in November 1999. Phase 3A, which includes additional accommodation and enabling works for future phases, 3B and 3C, commenced on site, as a variation to the phase 2 contract, in April 2002. The additional phase 3A accommodation comprises a pathology department, further out-patients department facilities and administration accommodation. The planned completion date for phases 2 and 3A is September 2003, with a staged handover of Departments beginning in August 2002.
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Phases 2 and 3A |
Phases 3B and 3C |
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Main Entrance Concourse |
In-Patient Wards – 62 extra beds |
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Administration |
Physical Medicine Department |
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Medical Records Department |
Day Services Department |
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Chaplaincy Department |
Hospital Sterile Supplies Department |
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Out-Patients Department |
Catering Department |
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Accident and Emergency Department |
Mortuary and Post Mortem Facilities |
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Radiology Department |
Waste Management Department |
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Pharmacy Department |
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Pathology Department |
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Geriatric Day Hospital |
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Operating Department |
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Intensive Care and CoronaryCare Units |
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In-Patient Wards |
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Geriatric Rehabilitation-Assessment Ward |
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Staff Changing |
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Central Supplies Department |
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On-Call Accommodation |
