{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2021}} {{Use Irish English|date=December 2021}} {{Infobox hospital | name = Croom Hospital | org_group = Health Service Executive | image = | caption = <!-- optional --> | logo = <!-- optional --> | location = Croom | region = County Limerick | state = | country = Ireland | healthcare = HSE | type = Specialist | speciality = Orthopedic | emergency = | affiliation = University of Limerick | beds = | founded = 1852 | funding = Public hospital | closed = <!-- optional --> | website = {{URL|https://www.hse.ie/eng/services/list/3/acutehospitals/hospitals/ulh/hospitals/ortho/}} | other_links = <!-- optional --> | pushpin_map = Ireland | pushpin_map_caption = Shown in Ireland | coordinates = {{coord|52.52752|-8.71429|type:landmark_region:IE|display=title}} }} '''Croom Hospital''' ({{langx|ga|Ospidéal Croom}}) is an orthopaedic hospital in Croom, County Limerick, Ireland. It is managed by UL Hospitals Group.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imt.ie/news/six-hospital-groups-most-fundamental-reform-in-decades-14-05-2013/|title=Six hospital groups 'most fundamental reform in decades'|date=14 May 2013|publisher=Irish Medical Times|accessdate=27 May 2019}}</ref>
==History== The hospital has its origins in the Croom Workhouse and Infirmary which was designed by George Wilkinson and opened in 1852.<ref name=workhouses>{{cite web|url=http://www.workhouses.org.uk/Croom/|title=Croom|publisher=Workhouses|accessdate=27 May 2019}}</ref> It became Croom County Hospital in 1924, St Nessan's Orthopedic Hospital in 1956 and the Mid-Western Regional Orthopedic Hospital in 2006.<ref name=workhouses/> Following the establishment of the Graduate Medical School at the University of Limerick, it became the Croom Hospital in 2013<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.healthmanager.ie/2013/05/the-challenges-of-establishing-a-hospital-group/|title=The challenges of establishing a hospital group|date=1 May 2013|publisher=Health Manager|accessdate=24 May 2019}}</ref> when the hospitals in the greater Mid-West Region became part of a single operating and governance structure known as the UL Hospitals Group.<ref name="limerickleader1">Dwane, Mike. (22 May 2013) {{cite web|url=http://www.limerickleader.ie/news/local-news/hse-set-to-complete-limerick-hospitals-name-change-1-5112151|title= HSE set to complete Limerick hospitals name change |publisher=Limerick Leader|accessdate= 31 August 2013}}</ref>
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==External links== *{{Official site|https://www.hse.ie/eng/services/list/3/acutehospitals/hospitals/ulh/hospitals/ortho/}}
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Category:Hospitals in County Limerick Category:Health Service Executive hospitals Category:1850 establishments in Ireland Category:Hospitals established in 1850 Category:Hospital buildings completed in 1850