St. Otteran's Hospital
St. Otteran's Hospital (Irish: Ospidéal Naomh Otteran) is a psychiatric hospital in Waterford, County Waterford, Ireland.
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Geography | |
Location | Waterford, County Waterford, Ireland |
Coordinates | 52.24700°N 7.10520°W |
Organisation | |
Care system | HSE |
Type | Specialist |
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Speciality | Psychiatric hospital |
History | |
Opened | 1835 |
History
The hospital, which was designed by Francis Johnston and William Murphy, opened as the Waterford Asylum in 1835.[1] It became Waterford Mental Hospital in the 1920s and went on to become St. Otteran's Hospital in the 1950s.[1] After the introduction of deinstitutionalisation in the late 1980s the hospital went into a period of decline.[2][3] However, despite calls for its closure, some long-stay residents remain in the hospital[4] and the Health Service Executive uses it as a base to provide social inclusion services.[5]
gollark: "arm bad because arm not x86"
gollark: *cue anti-ARM rant*
gollark: I mean, quite a few of those apply to ARM too.
gollark: ·...········.·.················............
gollark: So what's good about x86?
References
- "Saint Otteran's Hospital, Grange Road Upper, Waterford, County Waterford". National Inventory of Architectural Heritage. Retrieved 31 May 2019.
- "After the Asylum". Irish Times. 13 July 2013. Retrieved 29 May 2019.
- Cotter, Noelle (2009). "Transfer of Care? A Critical Analysis of Post-Release Psychiatric Care for Prisoners in the Cork Region" (PDF). University College Cork. p. 5. Retrieved 29 May 2019.
- "Mental healthcare standards still falling short". Irish Health. 17 February 2009. Retrieved 29 May 2019.
- "HSE Regional Social Inclusion Services". Wexford Children's and Young People's Services Committee. Retrieved 29 May 2019.
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