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Patient Information
Basic Patient information is supplied here. For comprehensive patient information download our Patient Information Handbook. (see downloads, right hand side).Visiting Hours
Patients, except those in the Intensive Care Unit, may receive visitors during the following hours:
General
2.00 p.m. - 4.30 p.m
7.00 p.m. - 9.00 p.m
Children's Ward
Parents allowed at all times.
(Only 2 visitors with any child, at any given time.)
Children may visit if accompanied by an adult.
Special Visiting Hours
For the Intensive Care Unit, visiting is confined to immediate family and must be arranged with the Sister in Charge. Visitors are asked to keep to the times as far as possible and avoid making unnecessary noise in the rooms and corridors. After 6.00p.m. you are asked to access and leave by the main entrance door.
Telephone numbers:
General Hospital: 021 4542807
Fax: 021 4542350
A telephone is situated beside each bed for receipt of in-coming calls. Outgoing calls are limited to single rooms for the present. Bills are to be settled on discharge from hospital in the Accounts Department on the ground floor in the main hall. Public telephones are situated on all floors (coin operated) and Card phones are situated on the ground floor opposite reception.
Call cards can be purchased in the Accounts Department ground floor between 8.30 a.m. and 5.00 p.m. and at the Reception desk after these hours.
Mobile Phones
The use of mobile phones is prohibited in the Hospital, as they interfere with
our monitoring equipment.
Smoking Is Not Allowed In The Hospital
Your Admission
Your admission to the Hospital is arranged by your GP
or doctor. You are asked to arrive at the Hospital at the time
specified by the Doctors’ Secretary / Hospital Admission
staff.
BON SECOURS BOOKING OFFICE
We are based in the Cork Clinic on the Western Road
in Cork City, where many of the hospital Consultants have their
rooms Our aim is to prepare our patients for their upcoming admission
and to provide information on the hospital and it's services.
We collate personal details on our patients and check their medical
insurance, on their behalf, advising them on their cover. We also book ante-natal
classes on behalf of our obstetrical patients and organise tours of the hospital
for them. The office operates from Monday to Thursday 09.00am until 6.30pm.
and Friday 09.00 am until 5.00pm.
Our phone number is 021/4941997 and our fax is 021/4941998.
Acute admissions
Acute admissions are arranged by your GP or consultant following a telephone
call to the booking office in the hospital. We do not have an Accident and Emergency
department.
Please Leave Your Valuables At Home
Since we cannot be responsible for the loss of valuables, please leave money,
jewellery, or any other possessions you consider valuable, at home. If you do
come to the Hospital with such valuables, please see that a member of your family
returns them to a place of safety, or deposits them in the Hospital safe. A security
officer is on duty 24 hours a day. The hospital’s security system is designed
to protect patients and staff.
Medicines
Bring all of your medicines with you, separately wrapped and
clearly labelled with full instructions.
In addition, ask your Chemist for a printout of all your medications. This is
to avoid any interruption in your medication. The Hospital may need to defer
your admission without this important information.
All appointments must be made via the Consultant's Secretary
Specialities available:
General Surgeons: Secretary’s number:
Mr. S. Brennan 021 4343632
Mr D. Gough 021 4346276
Mr D. Richardson 021 4343600
Mr. B. Whooley 021 4347944
Consultant Urologists:
Mr. D. Lanigan 021 4342277
Mr. P. Ryan 021 4343985
Consultant Dermatologists:
Dr. M. Murphy 021 4941317
Dr. W. J. O' Connor 021 4277790
ENT surgeons:
Mr. T.J. O' Leary 021 4319191
Mr. C. Shinkin 021 4545576
Orthopaedic Surgeons
Mr. J. Curtin 021 4545440
Mr. R. Creedon 021 4543004
Opthalmologists:
Prof. P. Cleary 021 4273444
Mr. A. Murray 021 4341656
Mr G. O' Connor 021 4344096
Obstetricians/ Gynaecologists:
Dr. D. Corr 021 4341246
Dr. R. Patton 021 4343826
Plastic Surgeon:
Mr. M. O' Shaughnessy 021 4342044
Endocrinologist:
Mr. B. Buckley 021 4341995
Car Parking
Park only in parking spaces provided. Please do not obstruct entrances or other vehicles. Handicapped parking spaces are provided at the main entrance to the General Hospital. 7 days 7am – 10pm
TARIFFS:
1 hour (minimum charge) €2.00
2 hours (or part thereof) €3.50
3 hours (or part thereof) €5.00
4 hours (or part thereof) €6.50
5 hours (or part thereof) €8.00
6 hours (or part thereof) €9.50
€10.00 maximum charge daily
Coins only. No change given.
Hospital Shop
The hospital shop is situated at the main entrance to the General Hospital. There is a daily shop trolley service to all departments supplying newspapers, toiletries, and sundries. Opening times are from 8.30am to 8.30pm seven days a week.
Television
Entertainment facilities include TV in all patient rooms, with all services from the hospital Chapel and satellite channels available. A cartoon and video channel is available in the children's suite.
Taxi
A free phone taxi service is available from within the hospital. One free phone is situated next to the Accounts Department, Ground floor, opposite Reception desk.
Bus Service
The number 5 bus stops in front of the hospital at 28 minute intervals. It departs, alternately, from City Centre to Rossa Avenue.
Insurance Coverage.
The following Insurance Companies are accepted by Bon Secours Hospital, Cork :
- VHI /BUPA
- Garda Medical Aid
- E.S.B Medical Aid
- Other Private Insurers
NATIONAL TREATMENT PURCHASE FUND.
Bon Secours Hospital, Cork accepts patients from the National Treatment Purchase Fund for some surgical procedures.
Contact NTPF at 01 804 7800 for further information
