A whopping €13.11 million investment in capital funding to support Kerry Healthcare services in 2022 has been approved.
University Hospital Kerry will receive over €12.5 million in funding this year for a number of key projects, including over €6.5 million to fund a state-of-the-art new blood science project.
Caherciveen Community Hospital will receive €140,000 for the provision of a new ambulance station while Listowel Community Hospital will get an investment of €160,000 to facilitate the refurbishment and extension of a 33-bed facility.
Nationally the health capital funding available in 2022 for the construction and equipping of healthcare facilities is €1.02 billion, an increase of four per cent on 2021.
Announcing the funding for Kerry, Minister Norma Foley said it is a clear endorsement of the excellence in vital healthcare provision delivered on a daily basis throughout the county. “I have consistently advocated for enhanced and additional health services in the county with Minister Donnelly and I wish to thank him for this significant investment in the provision of healthcare services in Kerry,” she said
The University Hospital Kerry projects included are:
- €6.75 million for the blood science project, creating a vertical extension and the refurbishment of the existing pathology laboratory.
- €20,000 for construction works to allow for the installation of a second CT scanner.
- €1.13 million in funding to build five new single en-suite rooms in an existing orthopaedic ward.
- €600,000 in funding to enhance maternity birthing development including triage assessment, an antenatal ward, single bed induction rooms, birthing rooms and ancillary accommodation.
- €1.8 million will fund the provision of an additional theatre plus an upgrade of an existing theatre and vertical extension.
- €1.1 million will be spent on the replacement of key water infrastructure.
- €750,000 will cover installation of a new emergency lighting system, while €300,000 will go towards the reconfiguration of the existing high dependency unit.
- €250,000 will be spent this year out of a total budget of €10 million on the upgrade and extension to the oncology ward.
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