Owing to the success of two recently held preview days at Ballyshannon Community Hospital, a new video showing highlights of the hospital has been released.
Staff gave tours on August 5 and 6 of the €36.7 million facility, which is due to open later this autumn, to hundreds of attendees.
The tours gave people the opportunity to observe some of the unique features of the hospital including its wildflower rooftop gardens, a collection of books spanning three centuries including some belonging to the late Dr.Simon Sheil, and a new coffee dock for patients and visitors.
The tour also showed people the Dementia Unit, Short Stay Unit, Long Stay Units, Day Hospital and Sensory Garden.
Ballyshannon Community Hospital features 52 long stay beds, 20 short stay beds providing, convalescence, rehabilitation, respite and palliative care beds, 8 Dementia specific assessment beds and a Day Hospital Service.
The new hospital via Primary Care Services will provide a full range of supporting professional services for the older person in the South Donegal, North Leitrim and North Sligo areas including Speech and Language Therapy, Occupational Therapy, Physiotherapy, Dietician, Podiatry, Tissue Viability Nurse Specialist, Dentistry, Audiology, Clinical Nurse Specialist Dementia, Psychiatry of Old Age and Social worker, Advocacy and Spiritual services.
In addition a Hairdressing facility, Newspapers/ Magazines/ Shopping requirements, Dry cleaning and Taxis/transport will be made available to residents and patients.
Frank Morrison, Head of Service Primary Care, CH CDLMS said, “We were delighted that so many people were able to attend our recent preview days. However, we are aware there were many who could not take part in these tours and so this video gives them and others the chance to see the facility for themselves. We are enormously proud of the new Ballyshannon Community Hospital and we want everyone to see what a remarkable facility is available to the people of South Donegal and North Sligo.”
You can view the video on the following link; https://youtu.be/Cain8W8DAy4
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