Religious references removed from Wexford hospital.

expectationlost

Daily Mail had this story re Wexford General Hospital removes the Saint from the names of the hospital awards http://www.beat102103.com/news/310137/ councillor complains, WGH said it was HSE policy, HSE says no its not.

“WGH has a large plague at the entrance to the Hospital commemorating their religious founders the John of God sisters.

the history of the hopsital pg 45 http://lenus.ie/hse/bitstream/10147/251495/1/HistoryofTheSouthEasternHealthBoard19712004.pdf not clear how this hospital started.


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magicbastarder

a large plague at the entrance?

Pherekydes

magicbastarder wrote: »

a large plague at the entrance?

Well, it is the HSE.

looksee

Yes, it does say 'plague' in the article - should have been 'plaque'. Also it appears to have been on Beat, rather than the Daily Mail.

vicwatson

I think it's a step in the right direction.

gctest50

magicbastarder wrote: »

a large plague at the entrance?

Even the plague knows better than to go any further


Wouldn't find the pulse in their own d***

http://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/13-cancers-missed-in-wexford-hospital-colonoscopies



13 cancers missed in Wexford hospital colonoscopy

vicwatson

And no name of the doctor involved

gctest50

Some say Hitler had time-travel and that's why he never tried to invade Ireland -

He came back to 1945 and said
" Eva, Eva, i was just killing the non-verbal autistic ones - the HSE are torturing them in 2016 - why why Eva did i not think of that"

expectationlost

looksee wrote: »

Yes, it does say 'plague' in the article - should have been 'plaque'. Also it appears to have been on Beat, rather than the Daily Mail.

Daily Mail had the story first but they have no Irish online presence

looksee

Mod: gctest50 - please stop the nonsense posts.

goose2005

vicwatson wrote: »

I think it's a step in the right direction.

Seems a bit pointless. The history can still be acknowledged, e.g. the wards in St Patrick's Hospital (founded by Swift) all have names to do with Jonathan Swift

recedite

goose2005 wrote: »

Seems a bit pointless. The history can still be acknowledged, e.g. the wards in St Patrick's Hospital (founded by Swift) all have names to do with Jonathan Swift

We may as well bring back Kingstown then, instead of Dun Laoghaire?
Just to "acknowledge the history".
No, times change.

vicwatson

recedite wrote: »

We may as well bring back Kingstown then, instead of Dun Laoghaire?
Just to "acknowledge the history".
Times change.

Weissfjord General Hospital

recedite

vicwatson wrote: »

Weissfjord General Hospital

Good one, but I don't think that is the right spelling. It was muddy fiord, not white fiord. No idea how to spell that in Old Norse though.

vicwatson

recedite wrote: »

Good one, but I don't think that is the right spelling. It was muddy fiord, not white fiord. No idea how to spell that in Old Norse though.

Ok ok !! Waesfjord General Hospital

'Waesfjord' by the Vikings – meaning 'inlet (fjord) of the mud-flats' in the Old Norse language. In pre-Norman times it was part of the Kingdom of Uí Cheinnselaig, with its capital at Ferns.

goose2005

recedite wrote: »

We may as well bring back Kingstown then, instead of Dun Laoghaire?
Just to "acknowledge the history".
No, times change.

Well, we have dozens of streets with English and royal names, and all those "Royal" institutions.

robindch

Bring back the groat!

Which seems, btw, to be UK government policy these days.

Hotblack Desiato

Half a talent for an old ex-leper.

expectationlost

goose2005 wrote: »

Seems a bit pointless. The history can still be acknowledged, e.g. the wards in St Patrick's Hospital (founded by Swift) all have names to do with Jonathan Swift

what is the history of Wexford Hospital?

recedite

The "old hospital" was a workhouse and also a "lunatic asylum". The spooky building is still next door to the modern hospital.

The modern hospital is built in the grounds of a former big house called Somerton, which was next door, and was the family home of John Redmond, who was the ancestor of, well, John Redmond. (Irish family names can be quite unimaginative)

Not sure where all the saints names come into it. Perhaps the saints were needed to chase away the ghosts of all the people who died in the workhouse.