Midland Regional Hospital, Mullingar

Midland Regional Hospital, Mullingar is a public hospital located in Mullingar, County Westmeath, Ireland. It is managed by the Health Service Executive, and provides acute-care hospital services, including a 24-hour emergency department, for the population of County Westmeath and the Irish Midlands. In 2008, the hospital served 70,454 out-patients, and 18,951 in-patients, with an average stay of 3.0 nights. 69.0% of admissions were made via the accident and emergency department or 12,114 patients. In 2007, 35,767 patients presented to the emergency department. The hospital saw 6,851 day cases in the same year. A large extension was built in the early 1990s to accommodate the ever-increasing population of the town. A change in government halted investment and the extension lay as an empty shell until late 2006 when funding was finally secured to ensure its completion.ServicesThe hospital provides 211 beds, of which 197 are in-patient acute beds, while 14 are reserved for acute day cases. In-patient services include general medicine, general surgery, accident and emergency, oncology, cardiology, orthopaedics, obstetrics and gynaecology, haematology, paediatrics, anaesthesia, radiology.