Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 17 February 2015
372. Deputy Jack Wall asked the Minister for Health if he will provide, in tabular form, the number of male and female patients who have died in St. Dympna's Hospital in County Carlow for each year since 1974; and if each deceased person had family members who were informed of the deaths. [6859/15]
View answerInformation on the number of patients who died in St Dympna's Hospital, County Carlow, during the period in question, is set out as follows. St Dympna's Hospital closed as an approved centre and was removed from the Register of Approved Centres in October 2011, therefore there is no data available after that date.
Number of deaths recorded on the National Psychiatric In-patient Reporting System (NPIRS) for St Dympna's Hospital
|
Year |
Males |
Females |
Total |
|
1974 |
17 |
11 |
28 |
|
1975 |
19 |
18 |
37 |
|
1976 |
18 |
17 |
35 |
|
1977 |
11 |
26 |
37 |
|
1978 |
11 |
15 |
26 |
|
1979 |
9 |
14 |
23 |
|
1980 |
14 |
12 |
26 |
|
1981 |
15 |
16 |
31 |
|
1982 |
8 |
20 |
28 |
|
1983 |
24 |
16 |
40 |
|
1984 |
15 |
13 |
28 |
|
1985 |
14 |
22 |
36 |
|
1986 |
12 |
8 |
20 |
|
1987 |
7 |
7 |
14 |
|
1988* |
- |
- |
14 |
|
1989 |
24 |
5 |
29 |
|
1990 |
8 |
6 |
14 |
|
1991 |
14 |
6 |
20 |
|
1992 |
10 |
7 |
17 |
|
1993 |
7 |
6 |
13 |
|
1994 |
3 |
5 |
8 |
|
1995 |
4 |
5 |
9 |
|
1996 |
7 |
8 |
15 |
|
1997 |
3 |
2 |
5 |
|
1998 |
5 |
8 |
13 |
|
1999 |
4 |
3 |
7 |
|
2000 |
7 |
2 |
9 |
|
2001 |
2 |
1 |
3 |
|
2002 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
2003 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
|
2004 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
2005 |
5 |
2 |
7 |
|
2006 |
3 |
2 |
5 |
|
2007 |
3 |
1 |
4 |
|
2008 |
2 |
1 |
3 |
|
2009 |
4 |
1 |
5 |
|
2010 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
2011 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
*Breakdown by gender not available for 1988
It was the practice of the hospital to inform relatives when a family member, who was an in-patient in the hospital, began to fail, was dying or had died.
