St. Vincent's Psychiatric Hospital, Fairview
St. Vincent's Psychiatric Hospital, Fairview is a small psychiatric hospital in Ireland.
It is located in the north-central part of Dublin city and was founded in 1857 [1] by The Daughters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul, who were responsible for its operation until 2001.
Although it began as a private hospital and until 2012 retained a private ward, its main role has evolved to provide in-patient and day-patient services for the Health Service Executive, Ireland's state health provider. Dublin city adult psychiatric services are sectorised with St. Vincent's providing services for the North Inner city, Fairview, Clontarf, Drumcondra, Millmount, Beaumount and Ballymun areas. The adult acute admission unit has capacity to treat 29 patients. There is a multi-disciplinary day hospital serving the community based sector teams. The day hospital provides a home-care service.
A six-bedded inpatient unit for 16 to 18-year-olds was opened in 2009. As of December 2015 the adolescent unit can accommodate 12 patients. There is also a day-patient adolescent service based on the campus.
A psychotherapy service is also based on the campus. There is a research centre specialising in Neuroendocrinology. The hospital provides undergraduate experience for medical students from the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland and University College, Dublin. Non-consultant hospital doctors are prepared for membership of the Royal College of Psychiatrists. It is an examination centre for the Royal College of Physicians in Ireland. Nursing students from Dublin City University are also trained.
Although it provides services for the HSE, St. Vincent's remains a charitable institution with a Board of Management and a panel of Trustees.
Located off the Richmond Road on Convent Avenue, close to Dublin city centre the hospital is on extensive grounds which provide welcome relief for wildlife. Its lands are frequented by Curlews, Kestrels and Herons as well as all the common urban birdlife. Unusually for an institution so close to the city centre, cattle are still grazed on its lands.
It is expected that the main admission unit will be moved to the nearby Mater Misericordiae University Hospital in the future. The hospital celebrated 150 years in 2007.
The hospital is mentioned in James Joyce's A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man .
References
- ↑ St Vincent's Hospital, Fairview - An Illustrated History 1857-2007. Aidan Collins. Albertine Kennedy publishing with Duke Kennedy Sweetman, 2007.
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Coordinates: 53°22′00″N 6°14′38″W / 53.366685°N 6.24399°W