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Cavan General Hospital
Cavan
Co. Cavan

Tel: (049) 436 1399

Existing Activity Levels and Service Details

Cavan General Hospital is part of the Cavan Monaghan Hospital Group and provides a general acute hospital service to the catchment area of Cavan and parts of surrounding counties.

The range of acute services are as follows:

  • General Medicine.
  • General Surgery.
  • Obstetrics/Gynaecology.
  • Paediatrics
  • E.N.T. (Out-patient Services).
  • Orthopaedics. (Out-patient Services)
  • Dermatology
  • Acute Psychiatry
  • Day Services.
  • Out-patient Services.
  • Renal Dialysis
  • Pathology Services.
  • Radiology Services.
  • Physical Medicine Services.
  • ICU/CCU
  • Oncology - outreach service from Mater Hospital Dublin

The bed complement at 1/1/2003 is as follows:

50 General Medicine(including 4 CCU beds)
42 General Surgery(including 4 ICU beds)
16 Paediatrics
30 Obstetrics
8 Gynaecology
25 Acute Psychiatry

171 Total

 

The following is a table showing activity in Cavan General Hospital for 2001 and 2002:

Inpatients

Admissions 2001

Admissions 2002

Surgery

2656

2719

Medicine

2916

3299

Paediatrics

1254

1220

Obstetrics

1640

1899

Gynaecology

467

501

Total

8933

9638



Day Patients

2001

2002

General Surgery

2645

2507

General Medical

375

510

Renal Dialysis

5702

6284

Oncology

792

1969

Gynaecology

342

316

Geriatric Hospital

1907

2147

Total

11879

13743



Casualty

2001

2002

New

16357

17350

Reviews

1832

1956

Total

18189

19306

Births

2001

2002

1133

1305

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