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Dáil Éireann díospóireacht -
Tuesday, 18 Jun 2002

Vol. 553 No. 2

Written Answers. - Hospitals Building Programme.

Bernard J. Durkan

Ceist:

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.

It is anticipated that phases 3B and 3C will be procured on a phased basis with construction planned for commencement in late 2003 with completion in 2004-06. This will include the provision of an extra 62 beds in new accommodation at the hospital.
The proposed full extent of the new facilities for Naas General Hospital will be in accordance with the design brief and will include the following:

Phases 2 and 3A

Phases 3B and 3C

Main Entrance Concourse

In-Patient Wards – 62 extra beds

Administration

Physical Medicine Department

Medical Records Department

Day Services Department

Chaplaincy Department

Hospital Sterile Supplies Department

Out-Patients Department

Catering Department

Accident and Emergency Department

Mortuary and Post Mortem Facilities

Radiology Department

Waste Management Department

Pharmacy Department

Pathology Department

Geriatric Day Hospital

Operating Department

Intensive Care and CoronaryCare Units

In-Patient Wards

Geriatric Rehabilitation-Assessment Ward

Staff Changing

Central Supplies Department

On-Call Accommodation

On completion of the development the total bed complement at Naas General Hospital will be 269, including ten geriatric day hospital places. It is not possible to be precise about the final staffing requirements for the total development as this will be depend on factors such as progress of phases, changing service delivery needs and the commissioning of the new buildings.
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