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Naas General Hospital () is a general hospital located on the Craddockstown Road at
Naas Naas ( ; or ) is the county town of County Kildare in Republic of Ireland, Ireland. In 2022, it had a population of 26,180, making it the largest town in County Kildare (ahead of Newbridge, County Kildare, Newbridge) and the List of urban ar ...
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County Kildare County Kildare () is a Counties of Ireland, county in Ireland. It is in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Leinster and is part of the Eastern and Midland Region. It is named after the town of Kildare. Kildare County Council is the Local gove ...
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. It was founded in 1841 and is managed by Dublin Midlands Hospital Group.


History

The hospital has its origins in the Naas Union Workhouse and Infirmary which was designed by George Wilkinson and opened in 1841. In 1922, shortly after the creation of the
Irish Free State The Irish Free State (6 December 192229 December 1937), also known by its Irish-language, Irish name ( , ), was a State (polity), state established in December 1922 under the Anglo-Irish Treaty of December 1921. The treaty ended the three-ye ...
, it became Naas County Hospital. During the 1990s, the Department of Health undertook a programme of developing the site as a modern general hospital.


Services

The hospital provides acute services for the population of around 200,000 people in
County Kildare County Kildare () is a Counties of Ireland, county in Ireland. It is in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Leinster and is part of the Eastern and Midland Region. It is named after the town of Kildare. Kildare County Council is the Local gove ...
and western parts of
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. The hospital currently has 243 patient beds which include 18 day service beds. The hospital features a 24-hour Emergency Department.


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External links


Official site
{{Irish hospitals 1841 establishments in Ireland Hospitals established in 1841 Hospitals in County Kildare Naas Teaching hospitals of the University of Dublin, Trinity College Health Service Executive hospitals Hospital buildings completed in 1841