A new Injury Unit will be open in Carlow by the end of the year according to the HSE.
The €1.9 million facility is being developed at St. Dympna’s Hospital and will operate under St. Luke’s General Hospital Carlow/Kilkenny.
The aim is to offer patients an alternative to attending a busy Emergency Department at the Kilkenny facility.
A complete episode of care for the patient can be provided at the new Carlow Injury Unit and it will be equipped to treat conditions such as:
- broken bones, sprains and strains, from knees to toes, from collarbone to fingertips.
- minor facial injuries (including oral, dental and nasal injuries).
- minor scalds and burns.
- wounds, bites, cuts, grazes and scalp lacerations (cuts).
- small abscesses and boils.
- splinters and fish hooks.
- objects stuck in eyes, ears or nose.
- minor head injuries (fully-conscious patients, who did not have loss of consciousness or vomit after the head injury).
Confirming progress on the Injury Unit project in Carlow, Niamh Lacey (Hospital Manager, St. Luke’s General Hospital for Carlow-Kilkenny) said:
“This is a significant project for HSE Dublin and South East in the Carlow-Kilkenny/Tipperary South Integrated Healthcare Area. We are looking forward to the Carlow Injury Unit being ready later this year and to be in operation into 2027. Staffing arrangements, in terms of the requisite clinical, nursing and administrative supports, are under way and we expect the Unit to initially operate Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm.”
“The treatment of unscheduled, non-life threatening or limb-threatening injuries at the Carlow injury Unit will assist in meeting demands on St. Luke’s General Hospital in Kilkenny. With the Carlow unit in operation, we anticipate faster access to diagnostic and radiography services and improved patient outcomes for people in Carlow and surrounding areas.”
