St. Otteran's Hospital

St. Otteran's Hospital (Irish: Ospidéal Naomh Otteran) is a psychiatric hospital in Waterford, County Waterford, Ireland.

St. Otteran's Hospital
Health Service Executive
St. Otteran's Hospital
Shown in Ireland
Geography
Location	Waterford, County Waterford, Ireland
Coordinates	52.24700°N 7.10520°W
Organisation
Care system	HSE
Type	Specialist
Services
Speciality	Psychiatric hospital
History
Opened	1835

History

The hospital, which was designed by Francis Johnston and William Murphy, opened as the Waterford Asylum in 1835.[1] It became Waterford Mental Hospital in the 1920s and went on to become St. Otteran's Hospital in the 1950s.[1] After the introduction of deinstitutionalisation in the late 1980s the hospital went into a period of decline.[2][3] However, despite calls for its closure, some long-stay residents remain in the hospital[4] and the Health Service Executive uses it as a base to provide social inclusion services.[5]

References

1. "Saint Otteran's Hospital, Grange Road Upper, Waterford, County Waterford". National Inventory of Architectural Heritage. Retrieved 31 May 2019.
2. "After the Asylum". Irish Times. 13 July 2013. Retrieved 29 May 2019.
3. Cotter, Noelle (2009). "Transfer of Care? A Critical Analysis of Post-Release Psychiatric Care for Prisoners in the Cork Region" (PDF). University College Cork. p. 5. Retrieved 29 May 2019.
4. "Mental healthcare standards still falling short". Irish Health. 17 February 2009. Retrieved 29 May 2019.
5. "HSE Regional Social Inclusion Services". Wexford Children's and Young People's Services Committee. Retrieved 29 May 2019.