TUH raises 25th anniversary flag
Padraig Conlon 06 Jun 2023
Pictured from left to right: Anthony O’Toole, Deputy Environmental Services Manager; Jean McMahon, Head of Library & Information Services; Alison Baker Kerrigan, Arts Officer, Steve Sinclair, the Hospital’s first patient; Geraldine Gregg Duke, Medical Records Manager; Joanne Coffey, Communications Manager; Lucy Nugent, Chief Executive; Jessie Nolan, Contamination Lead; Sharon Larkin, Director of HR; Eoin Power, Operations Manager and Alison Kane, Clerical Officer
Last Thursday, June 1st, Tallaght University Hospital were delighted to welcome back its first patient Mr. Steve Sinclair.
On June 21st 1998 Mr Sinclair was the first patient to be transferred to TUH from the Meath Hospital, he joined the Lucy Nugent, Chief Executive of TUH and members of the TUH Celebrating 25 Committee last Thursday to raise the official Celebrating 25 years flag at the Hospital.
When the Hospital first opened it employed 1,600 staff with 115 patients moving out from the three base hospitals on June 21st 1998 in a fleet of ambulances with a Garda escort.
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The Hospital now employs over 3,500 staff with 63 nationalities represented, the Hospital is one of the largest employers in Tallaght.
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