# Croom Hospital

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{{Use Irish English|date=December 2021}}
{{Infobox hospital
| name                = Croom Hospital
| org_group           = [Health Service Executive](/source/Health_Service_Executive)
| image               = 
| caption             = <!-- optional -->
| logo                = <!-- optional -->
| location            = [Croom](/source/Croom%2C_County_Limerick)
| region              = [County Limerick](/source/County_Limerick)
| state               = 
| country             = [Ireland](/source/Republic_of_Ireland)
| healthcare          = [HSE](/source/Health_Service_Executive)
| type                = Specialist
| speciality          = Orthopedic
| emergency           = 
| affiliation         = [University of Limerick](/source/University_of_Limerick)
| beds                = 
| founded             = 1852
| funding             = [Public hospital](/source/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](/source/Croom%2C_County_Limerick), [County Limerick](/source/County_Limerick), [Ireland](/source/Republic_of_Ireland). It is managed by [UL Hospitals Group](/source/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](/source/George_Wilkinson_(architect)) 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](/source/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](/source/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>

==References==
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==External links==
*{{Official site|https://www.hse.ie/eng/services/list/3/acutehospitals/hospitals/ulh/hospitals/ortho/}}

{{Irish hospitals}}

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

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