St. Vincent's University Hospital
St. Vincent's Hospital is a teaching hospital located at Elm Park, south of the city of Dublin, Ireland. It is at the junction of Merrion Road and Nutley Lane opposite the Merrion Centre and adjacent to Elm Park Golf Club. It is managed by Ireland East Hospital Group.
History
The hospital was founded by Mother Mary Aikenhead, foundress of the Roman Catholic order Religious Sisters of Charity, on St Stephen's Green, Dublin, in 1834. The hospital was open to all who could afford its services, irrespective of their religious persuasion. The hospital was legally registered as a company on. The hospital was subsequently moved to its current site in Elm Park in 1970, and in 1999 was renamed St. Vincent's University Hospital, to highlight its position as a principal teaching hospital of University College Dublin. Along with St. Michael's Hospital and St. Vincent's Private Hospital, it is part of the St. Vincent's Healthcare Group.The first kidney transplant in Ireland took place in St. Vincent's Hospital on 19 December 1963.
In May 2013, it was announced that the new National Maternity Hospital, Dublin would relocate to the site of St. Vincent's University Hospital and that the Sisters of Charity were to have responsibility for owning and managing the new hospital. On 29 May 2017, in response to weeks of pressure and public concern, the Sisters of Charity announced that they were ending their role in St Vincent's Healthcare Group and would not be involved in the ownership or management of the new hospital; the two sisters on the board resigned. This was described as "a major turning point in the history of religious involvement in Irish healthcare."
On 8 May 2020 it was announced that the Religious Sisters of Charity would transfer ownership of St Vincent's Healthcare Group to the state. The confirmed that they had received permission from the Holy See to transfer the property, worth some €200 million. The St Vincent’s Healthcare Group site could then be transferred from the ownership of the religious order to a new independent charitable group to be called St Vincent’s Holdings CLG.
Services
St. Vincent's University Hospital serves as a regional centre for emergency medicine and medical care at an inpatient and outpatient level. Many patients from regional and tertiary hospitals are referred to SVUH for specialist care, and it is the national referral centre for liver transplantation and adult cystic fibrosis. Tied closely to the University, it serves as a training ground for doctors, nurses, radiographers and physiotherapists, teaching students from UCD's undergraduate degree courses.Transport
is about five minutes walk from the hospital. The following Dublin Bus routes service the hospital:| To/From | Route Number |
| Monkstown/Harristown | Route 4 |
| Mountjoy Square/Brides Glen | Route 7 |
| Mountjoy Square/Loughlinstown Park | Route 7a |
| Blackrock/Rialto | Route 17 |
| UCD Belfield/Clare Hall | Route 27x |
| Poolbeg St/Belarmine | Route 47 |
| St. Vincent's University Hospital/Bray | Route 84a |