Construction of a new 50 bed ward block for Portiuncula Hospital is now expected to be completed in the latter half of 2024.
The HSE provided an updated timeframe for the construction of the new ward building for the Regional Health Forum meeting this week.
County Councillor Evelyn Francis Parsons had asked the HSE for an update on all planned construction works at Portiuncula Hospital.
When completed, the €15 million project will deliver a two-storey, 4,038sqm ward building with 50 beds, and a link corridor to the existing hospital.
The HSE had said that the ward block was expected to be completed by mid-2023 when it sought an extension of planning permission from the county council in 2021.
An updated completion window of Q3 of next year has now been put forward by the HSE.
In addition to this, a new 12 bed ward is also expected to open at Portiuncula Hospital by September.
“This development will provide additional bed capacity and the area will accommodate service users requiring isolation rooms for end of life care,” the HSE response to Cllr Parson said.
Plans for an Ambulatory Gynaecology unit at Portiuncula Hospital are also due to go to tender in the coming weeks.
