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SIXTEEN months after opening its doors, just 24 patients are being cared for at Marymount Hospice, while a further 20 beds in the facility are lying empty.
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The €58 million facility, which is one of the most modern hospices in the world, is catering for just over half of the paGeraldine Mackey of the Friends of Marymount tients it was built for. This is Hospice in an unused room on a ward at the despite the fact that the beds are Picture: Larry Cummins in place, equipment is set up, hospice. and an entire floor in the buildhospitals. However, despite a 2002 HSE ing is waiting for patients. needs assessment study which recom“We know the need is there and if the mended 44 hospice beds for the region, beds were open we could fill them just 24 are operational. And following a straight away,” said Kevin O’Dwyer, 1.6% cut in the HSE palliative care Chief Executive Officer at Marymount. budget for this year, which was anFunding of €2.85 million is required announced yesterday, hopes are fading to nually to pay for the extra 45 posts have the beds opened this year. needed to staff the 20 beds. “In an ideal world we’d have opened However, due to budget cuts and desall the beds at the same time. We will pite exhaustive efforts by Marymount continue to make the case for the fundmanagement and the HSE, that funding ing and the HSE is supporting us, but I cannot be found. don’t think we’ll be able to open the beds The cost of a hospice bed is just €390 a this year,” added Mr O’Dwyer. day compared with €909 a day in acute ● See page three for more.
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