Mater Misericordiae Hospital Annual Report 1995
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Mater Misericordiae Hospital annual report 1995. Item Type Report Authors Mater Misericordiae Hospital, Dublin Citation Mater Misericordiae Hospital. 1996. Mater Misericordiae Hospital annual report 1995. Dublin: Mater Misercordiae Hospital. Publisher Mater Misercordiae Hospital Dublin Download date 07/10/2021 12:58:02 Link to Item http://hdl.handle.net/10147/575140 Find this and similar works at - http://www.lenus.ie/hse " ,\ MATER MISERICORDIAE , - HOSPITAL, ANNUAL REpORT 1995 01": •• : r'"- .... _: .. :. :.:,:.£.-~:::-,. , ' ..1111 .... I I I • Cover painting reproduced with the kind permission of Mr. Thomas Ryan, R.H.A. Annual Report designed and printed by Future Print MATER MISERICORDIAE HOSPITAL ANNUAL REpORT 1995 ... CONTENTS Page No. Board of Management .... ........................................................................ .4 Executive Council .................................................................................4 Executive Committee of the Medical Council . ......................................................... 5 Address of the Archbishop of Dublin .................................................................6 Address of the Executive Chairperson of the Board of Management .....................................9 Report of the Chairman of the Executive Council .................................................... 12 Address of the Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Medical Council ............................ 20 Address of the Provinical of the Sisters of Mercy. South Central Province ................................22 Financial Report and Accounts for 1995 .............................................................24 H.I.P.E. Unit ...................................................................................... 39 Management Services Department .................................................................40 Safety. Health & Welfare Unit Report .............................................................. ,42 Schools Education Programme .................................................................... ,45 Statistics ....................................................................................... ,4 7 Department ReportS: Accident & Emergency .........................................................................56 Adult Psychiatry ...............................................................................57 Anaesthesia and Intensive Care ................... _.. _................................... _..... .60 Chaplaincy Department ........................................................................68 Child and Family Psychiatry .....................................................................70 St. Paul's Hospital ..............................................................................76 St. Paul's Special School ........................................................................77 Diabetes/Endocrine ...........................................................................78 Eccles Breast Screening Programme ............................................................ .80 Gastrointestinal Unit ................................................................. _....... .82 Infection Control Committee ...................................................................84 Institute of Radiological Sciences ............................................................... .86 Nephrology ...................................................................................91 Neurophysiology ..............................................................................93 Nursing ......................................................................................94 Occupational Therapy ......................................................................... 100 Out-Patient Department Clinics ............................................................... 10 1 Otolaryngology/Head & Neck Surgery .......................................................... 105 Department of Orthopaedic Surgery ............................................................ 1 12 Department of Pathology ...................................................................... 1 15 Histopathology ............................................................................ 1 15 Microbiology .............................................................................. I 19 Biochemistry .............................................................................. 121 Pharmacy ................................................................................... 125 Physiotherapy ................................................................................ 128 Radiology ................................ : .................................................. 130 School of Nursing ............................................................................ 136 School of Physiotherapy ....................................................................... 142 Speech and Language Therapy ................................................................. 145 Surgery: General ................................................................................... 146 General Colorectal ........................................................................ 150 Gynaecology .............................................................................. 152 Plastics and Reconstructive Surgery .......................................................... 1S4 Vascular Surgery .......................................................................... 155 Hospital Staff ................................................................................... 156 Development of Hospital ......................................................................... 160 Sisters of Mercy ................................................................................. 162 _1_ MATER MISERICORDlAE HOSPITAL ANNUAL REPORT 1995 REMINDER The Mater Misericordiae Hospital is a public voluntary hospital which. for many years. has been helped, in striving towards maintaining the highest standards in the provision of medical care and medical research. by the generosity of many members of the public. In order to continue to maintain such levels. the Board of Management of the hospital wishes to request all those who read this report which reflects'the work of so many individuals· in the hospital in their pursuit of excellence in the provision of patient care, to consider the hospital and its on-going needs. All contributions and donations would be appreciated. When arranging the details of your will you might wish to include the hospital as a beneficiary. "2'" MATER MISER/CaRDIAE HOSPITAL ANNUAL REpORT 1995 MATER MISERICORDIAE HOSPITAL ECCLES STREET DUBLIN 7 Proprietors Mercy Generalate. Sisters of Mercy. Eblana Avenue. Dun Laoghaire. Co. Dublin. Superior General Sr. Dervilla Byrne Superior, Mater Sr. M. Bernarde Misericordiae Hospital Foundress of Order Mother Catherine McAuley Born: 29th September 1778 Died: 11th November 1841 _3_ --- - ------------------------~ MATER MISERICORDIAE HOSPITAL ANNUAL REPORT 1995 1 I BOARD OF MANAGEMENT Chairman Most Rev. Dr. Desmond Connell Archbishop of Dublin Executive Chairman Sr. M. Margherita Rock Secretary Mr. D.j. O'Flynn Members Ms. D. Bernal Sr. M. Bernarde Mr. EA Clarke '.' Professor ].T. Ennis Sr. M. of the Incarnation Sr. M. joseph Professor]. Kelly Dr. P. Kelly Mrs. E. Lovatt·Dolan Mr. M. Lucey Mr. G. Magee Professor D. Moriarty Mr. G.S. MacGabhann Sr. E. McAuliffe Mr. j. O'Connor Mr. E. O'Malley Dr. D. Sugrue EXECUTIVE COUNCIL Chairman Mr. M. Cowley Members Professor ].T. Ennis Sr. M. Margherita Sr. M. of the Incarnation Mr. K. O'Malley Mr. E.A. Clarke MATER MISERICORDJAE HOSPITAL ANNuAL REPORT 1995 Ill •• EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE MEDICAL COUNCIL Chairman Professor J.T. Ennis Vice-Chairman Professor D. Moriarty Hon. Secretary Mr. K. O'Malley Members Dr. M. Behan Dr. P. Kelly Dr. B. Keogh Dr. H. McCann Mr. G. McEntee Mr. F. McManus Dr. B. Otridge Dr. D. Phelan Professor D. Powell __ 5" MATER MISERICORDIAE HOSPITAL ANNUAL REPORT 1995 ADDRESS OF THE MOST REVEREND DESMOND CONNELL, D.D., ARCHBISHOP OF DUBLIN ON THE OCCASION OF THE TWENTY THIRD ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF THE BOARD OF MANAGEMENT OF THE MATER MISERICORDIAE HOSPITAL - ~ \ ••. ,;. : I ,;.' • _ ,:.. • The kind of society in which,this Hospitalwas founded and flourished for'. mo~~ chan .-~e~tury differedprofoundlyirom the kind of~oci';ty d.at'the rapid changes of recent times has been shaping. I am not thinking so much of advances in medical science or of the consequent increase in state assistance or even of the economic conditions of the people we serve. I am thinking of deeper changes in social organisation and attitudes that are making their impact on our very sense of identity. The Ireland of the recent past would now be described as a relatively closed society. certainly it was more close knit in itself and distinct in its identity. The ties of the extended family were firm. People grew up with a strong feel for their own local community. Even Dublin was more like a collection of villages than the conurbation it has since become. Rootedness in family and in local community helped us to grow in our sense of identity to know who we are and where we have come from. All this was good and important in its human significance. but no society is perfect. The old order had its disadvantages too. One might feel that other people knew one too well. that one could hardly escape notice or censure if one refused to conform to accepted