The new Ballyshannon Health Campus in Donegal has officially opened.
The campus has been developed on the site of the former St. Catherine's Convent.
It is a modern centre facility for primary care services in the South Donegal area servicing a population of approximately 10,000.
In addition, it brings together HSE services that were provided from a number of different locations within the town.
Services provided from the new centre include General Practitioner Services, Public Health Nursing, Community Physiotherapy, Occupational Therapy, Chiropody, Dietician Service, Dental services, Speech & Language Therapy, Mental Health Services, Continence Service, Ophthalmology, Orthopaedics, Psychology, Counselling and X ray. There are also a number of Multi-Purpose rooms available for visiting clinicians and specialists.
The campus also houses a number of other HSE departments including Department of the Chief Officer for Community Health Organisation Area 1, National Appeals Office, Department of Nursing and Midwifery Development, Department of Public Health Medicine and the Department of Learning and Development etc.
Dr Eamon Stack from Primary Care Centre said: "I am delighted to welcome our move to the Health Campus in Ballyshannon. This move will enable us to provide a comprehensive service to our patients in comfortable and convenient surroundings for both patients and staff. We would like to congratulate John Hayes and his staff for bringing this project to a conclusion."
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