Work on track on €19m Lourdes A&E extension
BUILDING COMPRISES FIVE STOREYS
WORK is progressing well on a massive new five storey extension at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Drogheda which will be completed at a cost of €19m and will add almost 9,000 square metres of much needed extra space to the overcrowded unit.
The development, which is currently under construction by GemElliott Construction, Co Longford, includes an extension to the A&E Department as well as extra theatre space and 83 new beds.
The project consists of the construction of a new shell and core building of five storeys at ground, 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th floors.
It also involves the partial fit-out of a number of floors, staircase access and lift core extension and new link corridors to access the existing hospital at the upper floors. The services are contained at roof level on the fifth floor.
The new building is currently under construction adjacent to the existing emergency department block.
The new block will provide for a A&E extension on the ground floor, three ward floors to provide approx eighty three new single beds and operating department of five operating theatres on the fourth floor. Initially however only a partial fit out is proposed comprising two ward floors and part of the ground floor. Gross floor area of the proposed building including linking corridors is 8940 sq meters.
There is an area of alteration to the existing hospital of approx 580 sq meters.
Mechanical services provided include soils and waste, water services, air conditioning and ventilation, heating services with boiler room, building management system, natural gas installation, vacuum, oxygen and medical gas services.
A new generator for the hospital will also be added with upgraded power distribution, site lighting and fire protection installation, communication and security services and a fire fighting lift.
Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital provides acute medical and surgical services as well as maternity services to the catchment area of Louth, Meath and the surrounding hinterland including parts of north county Dublin.
The main Emergency Department for Louth Meath Hospital Group is located at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital.
It is supported by an Acute Medical Assessment Unit (AMAU), which provides immediate and early specialist management of adult medical patients and by a Minor Injuries Unit in Louth County Hospital Dundalk and the Emergency Department in Our Lady’s Hospital Navan.