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Mayo University Hospital
Health Service Executive
Mayo University Hospital
Shown in Ireland
Geography
Location	Castlebar, County Mayo, Ireland
Coordinates	53°51′07″N 9°18′12″W / 53.8519°N 9.3033°W / 53.8519; -9.3033
Organisation
Care system	Health Service Executive
Type	General
Services
Emergency department	Yes Accident & Emergency
Beds	332
History
Opened	1938
Links
Website	www.saolta.ie/hospital/muh
Lists	Hospitals in the Republic of Ireland

Mayo University Hospital (Irish: Ospidéal Ollscoile Mhaigh Eo) is a general hospital in Castlebar, County Mayo, Ireland. It is managed by Saolta University Health Care Group.

History

The hospital has its origins in the Mayo County Hospital which was built on Westport Road in Castlebar and opened in October 1938. This facility developed into Mayo General Hospital. Taoiseach Enda Kenny opened a new Renal Dialysis Unit in December 2013. The hospital changed its name from Mayo General Hospital to Mayo University Hospital in November 2015.

Notable patients

Notable patients have included:

• Sir Ernst Boris Chain, died in the hospital on 12 August 1979. He was a German-born British biochemist, and a 1945 co-recipient of the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine for his work on penicillin.

• Actor Robert Shaw, died there on 28 August 1978 after suffering a heart attack at the side of the road in Tourmakeady, near the hospital.

References

1. "Six hospital groups 'most fundamental reform in decades'". Irish Medical Times. 14 May 2013. Retrieved 27 May 2019.
2. ^ "Survey of Hospital Archives in Ireland" (PDF). National Archives of Ireland. p. 54. Retrieved 18 May 2019.
3. "Taoiseach opens new renal dialysis unit at Mayo General Hospital and turns sod for new CF building". Midwest Radio. 16 December 2013. Retrieved 18 May 2019.
4. "Letter to Eugene Murphy" (PDF). Health Service Executive. 11 November 2016. Retrieved 18 May 2019.
5. "Who was Sir Ernst Chain?". Connaught Telegraph. 6 October 2017. Retrieved 18 May 2019.
6. "Heart attack kills Robert Shaw in Mayo", The Irish Times, 29 August 1978: p. 1

External links

• Official website

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