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Annual Report 2000
Dec, 00
The role of the Adelaide Hospital Society is evolving from that of a body involved in running a small inner city hospital to that of a significant contributor to healthcare with a much wider health and social remit.

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Chairman's Report

TIME FOR RADICAL CHANGE

Introduction: The role of the Adelaide Hospital Society is evolving from that of a body involved in running a small inner city hospital to that of a significant contributor to healthcare with a much wider health and social remit. It is a time of profound change. In particular, as Chairman, I wish to stress that the Society will only flourish as it continues to encourage input and membership from people of all walks of life and of all denominations.

Professor Ian Graham, Chairman, The Adelaide Hospital Society

Is the Society really inclusive? The Adelaide Hospital Society has a proud record of making clear statements of its views on health and social issues. While I am very proud of the these stands, I am equally aware as Chairman that we might seem to exclude others by making it seem as if they did not share such values. For this reason, I would like to enumerate the components of the Adelaide Hospital Society Mission Statement, and its identified key strategic issues. It is my belief that most if not all of those involved in healthcare could relate to these issues. In particular, I would like to focus on the Society's role in supporting health and social equality for all, and in that way I would hope to make the Society more accessible to involvement by all citizens of Society who feel they could espouse our mission statement and our key strategic issues.

Mission: The mission of the Adelaide Hospital Society, as a voluntary charitable organisation, is

To advance medicine, medical care and medical science, including medical and nursing education, for the benefit of all people seeking to ensure that healthcare is available to all based upon health needs and not on financial means.

To evoke public support for an inclusive and pluralist healthcare service through which patients are treated as they would wish within the parameters of doctor-patient confidentiality and what may lawfully be provided in the State.

To support the development of The Adelaide & Meath Hospital, Dublin, Incorporating The National Children's Hospital as a public voluntary teaching Hospital, as established under its Charter.

Key Strategic Issues: In its "Strategic Plan 2000-2005", the Society has outlined five key strategic issues:

1. Governance and Management of the Hospital
   A central issue for the Hospital is to achieve both a design and a practice for the governance of the Hospital, which reflects the values, and character envisioned in the Charter and is able to meet the highest standards of excellence of hospital governance. As one of the principal constituents of the Board of the Hospital the Society must contribute constructively in addressing this issue.

2. New and Enhanced Hospital Services
   A key issue for the Society is the most effective use of voluntary funds in order to support new and enhanced services, which will make a strategic difference to the Hospital's work in patient care, education or research.

3. The Society's Role in Health Care Policy
   The Society seeks to address critically and strategically important concerns in health care policy in an independent authoritative fashion as a contribution to public policy and debate.

4. The Society's Contribution to Equality of Treatment
   Based upon the Society's belief that healthcare should be available to all based upon health needs not financial means the issue for the Society is what practical contribution should it make in the next five years towards this end.

5. Organisational Development for the Society
   The Society is seeking to design structures and build a membership base, which will ensure the future vigour and activity of the Society in fulfilling its mission for the future.

These strategic issues are worthy of some comment:

Governance and Management: The Board of the Hospital is finalising its submission to the Department of Health on Governance. What is emphatically clear from the Charter is that the Board of Management of the Hospital has a responsibility to ensure effective management as well as to govern, and that the public voluntary, teaching nature of the Hospital must be preserved. The Hospital, its Board, and the Adelaide Society remain committed to the protection of the privacy of the doctor/patient relationship.

New and Enhanced Hospital Services: The Director's Report gives details of the areas which are benefiting from the Society's contributions. In the future, it is likely that the Hospital will consider the inadequacy of medical genetics services in this country. It is extremely hard for families afflicted by an inherited disorder to find out about the chances of their offspring being affected.

Health Care Policy: The Society has already had a profound impact on healthcare policy through its publication "Medical Ethics and the Future of Healthcare", Dr. O'Ferrall's recent book "Citizenship and Public Service: Voluntary and Statutory Relationships in Irish Health Care", and through its first public Annual Conference "The Hospital and Yours Health�¢ï¿½�¦..Meeting the Challenge of the 2lst Century". The Society has the capacity to influence the much needed reform of Irish health services.

Equality of Treatment: It is abundantly clear that there are unacceptable and indeed frightening inequalities in access to healthcare in this country. Very few hospital based organisations chose to make a contribution to the Government Green Paper on abortion. The Adelaide Society did so, and influenced one of the major conclusions of The All Party Committee on the constitution Report on Abortion, namely that State has singularly failed to provide an adequate level of care for those who may seek an abortion abroad. The State is simply failing to cherish one of the most vulnerable sectors of our society. Equally, as Archdeacon Linney has pointed out so vividly recently in the Irish Times, we have failed to care adequately for our elderly citizens by depriving them of their entitlement to free healthcare. There are differences in access for public and private patients, and even for women compared to men.

Organisational Development of the Society: Our strategic plan indicates that we are to "design structures and build a membership base which will ensure the future vigour and activity of the Society in fulfilling its mission for the future".

In addition the Society's ongoing commitment to excellence in nurse training and the delivery of nursing services if of critical importance.

It is my contention that this can only be done by publicising our mission and strategy more widely, and in seeking support from those of all religious belief for the values which we have espoused.

The Charter and Direction of the Hospital:
The Charter Principles

This issue was addressed in the Society's Submission to the Strategic Plan of the Hospital.

"The Society's mission is, in part, to support the development of the Hospital "as a public voluntary teaching Hospital, as established under its Charter". In setting the goals and objectives to be pursued by the Hospital over the next five years it is important to understand that the Charter of the Hospital provides for a certain fundamental character for the Hospital described as

1. Public
   It is worth recalling the Charter commitment to serve "the poor of every denomination". The Hospital should seek to make its services available to all based on medical need not financial means.
2. Voluntary
   The Hospital is mandated to develop this voluntary character in particular through the Foundations (Object 5(L)). A specific goal over the next five years might be to implement fully the recommendations of the Volunteer, Services Review Committee which reports to the Board in 2001 and to ensure a mechanism to keep progress under review. Note should be taken how this voluntary character is now endorsed by Government policy in the White Paper Supporting Voluntary Activity (September 2000) and in respect of UN Year of the Volunteer 2001.
3. Teaching
   The Hospital is mandated to be a university teaching Hospital and through the Board is linked with Trinity College, Dublin (Objects 5(g)(h)(i)) Clause 12(3)(e)). Therefore, the Strategic Plan will need to outline the goals and objectives to be pursued in medical and nursing university education and in medical and nursing research".

But what about religion? The Charter makes it quite clear that the Hospital is to have a particular religious character, "a multi-denominational pluralist character" and to maintain "a focus for Protestant participation in the health services". The Hospital is to see "religious welfare as part of the total welfare of the patient". Thus, the religious character of the Hospital is a matter for the Board of Management of the Hospital, rather than for the Adelaide Hospital Society. The affirmation and maintenance of this religious nature is thus the responsibility of each and every Board Member, and in particular of those nominated by the President of the Hospital.

Conclusion: In this Annual Report, I have endeavoured to clarify the changing role of the Adelaide Hospital Society as a major voluntary organisation in health and social policy and delivery with particular and defined responsibilities and strategies. It is very much hoped that the changes occurring in the Society will make it more accessible to a much wider membership for only in this way will we grow and develop into the future.

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2000 - A YEAR OF SIGNIFICANT ADVANCE

After the recovery of the Hospital during 1999 from the underfunding crisis of 1998, last year - 2000 - was a year of significant advance for The Adelaide & Meath Hospital, Dublin, Incorporating the National Children's Hospital. Because of greater Government funding the vision and promise of the new campus at Tallaght once more came into view and many new developments were undertaken or agreed for the future. Perhaps the most symbolic event for the future of university teaching and research in the Hospital was the opening in October 2000 of the new Trinity Centre on the Hospital campus. The Adelaide Hospital Society contributed £500,000 to the capital cost of this new building which adjoins the Education Centre at the Hospital. Already phase two of the new Trinity Centre is being planned so that the Hospital might be enabled to fulfil its potential as a major public university teaching Hospital associated with the famous Faculty of Health Sciences at Trinity College Dublin.

The Director, Adelaide Hospital Society, Dr Fergus O'Ferrall, speaking at the Annual Conference of the Society, held on 21st September 2000 in the Hospital

The Adelaide Hospital Society donated very significant funding in 2000 to the Hospital to ensure that new and enhanced services were available to our patients. In February £350,000 was donated to ensure a range of new services in the Hospital including the Day Hospital for the Elderly and the High Dependency Unit in The National Children's Hospital might commence in 2000. In particular the Cardiac Cath Lab has been an outstanding success. In addition the Society donated £50,000 to Dr. Vincent Maher's vital work in preventive cardiology. The Society also approved the expenditure of £55,000 to assist the Hospital to develop the new Women's Preventive Health Care Unit under the direction of Professor Walter Prendiville. In all of these ways the Society is supporting the Hospital's development to ensure it remains at the forefront of medical and nursing advances in the interest of patient care.

The Hospital, like most other healthcare agencies, experienced very significant problems in recruiting the number and level of nurses required to staff the Hospital. A national survey revealed that there were 1,388 nursing vacancies at the end of September 2000 in the Republic. Prompt action by the Hospital ensured that the reduction or absence of service was kept to a minimum. In addition the Hospital, again like the health services as a whole, suffers from the 'waiting list' problem and this remains the most unsatisfactory aspect of our 'two tier' health service. The Society is strongly in favour of major reform of our health services to ensure that medical need is the determinant of care and that there is equitable and prompt access to treatment as medically required.

The Hospital is uniquely committed to the development of the most comprehensive campus of any hospital in Ireland including the care of the elderly, children, adults, psychiatric patients and every major speciality of acute care. In 2000 the Society supported the Hospital strongly in ensuring that The National Children's Hospital was supported and developed as a key university level children's Hospital and that the benefits of paediatric and adult services in the same hospital campus might continue to be fully realised. Significant policy challenges remain in the area of paediatric services and both the Hospital and the Society are determined that The National Children's Hospital is fully resourced to achieve its full potential in the new setting at Tallaght.

Increasing Health Policy Focus

On 21st September 2000 The Adelaide Hospital Society held its first public Annual Conference in the new Hospital. Under the theme of "The Hospital ¦ and your Health Meeting the Challenges of the 21st Century" members of the Society, participants from other voluntary and community organisations as well as staff in the Hospital heard two key-note addresses by Dr. Emer Shelley, National Heart Advisor, The Department of Health and Children ("The Critical Challenges in Health Promotion") and by Mr. Michael Lyons, Chief Executive Officer of the Hospital ("Setting New Directions - a Hospital for the twenty-first century"). There were six practical workshops covering care of the elderly, heart disease, women's health, psychiatric services, children's and adolescent health and pastoral care. Mr. Donal O'Shea, Chief Executive of the new Eastern Regional Health Authority opened the Conference and Mr. Pat McLoughlin, Director of Planning and Commissioning, Eastern Regional Health Authority in the concluding address outlined the way forward under the new ERHA.

Mr Donal O'Shea, Chief Executive, Eastern Regional Health Authority, who opened the Society's Annual Conference, September 2000

The Society has increasingly become focussed upon some critical policy issues in the Irish health system. Many of these issues are barriers to delivering the high quality of patient care to which we aspire. The Society believes that voluntary participation by citizens in their health services is vital in addressing quality of care issues. On 10th May 2000 the Society organised a Symposium in The Royal College of Surgeons to mark the publication of Citizenship and Public Service Voluntary and Statutory Relationships in Irish Healthcare by Fergus O'Ferrall. Speakers at the Symposium were Dr. Mary Redmond who initiated The Wheel, a new network for the whole voluntary and community sector, Mr. Michael Kelly, Secretary General, Department of Health and Children, Mr. Fintan O'Toole of The Irish Times and Father Sean Healy of the Conference of Religious in Ireland. Any surplus generated by the sale of the book will be donated to The Wheel which the Society fully supports in giving a badly needed capacity of acting together to voluntary groups.

Through this publication and in other ways the Society is seeking, together with other voluntary healthcare organisations, to secure a greater understanding of the voluntary contribution to the welfare of others. The Society, in addition, invited a number of key speakers to address Board meetings during the year including Ms. Liz McManus T.D. in respect of Curing our Ills, The Labour Party policy on health, Ms. Audrey Deane, Social Policy Officer, Society of St. Vincent de Paul on "Inequalities in Healthcare" and Mr. Philip Berman, Director of the European Health Management Association on "The European Union and Health Policy". Mr. Berman is a valued member of the Society's Board bringing a European wide perspective to health issues. The Board of the Society is committed to contributing to the reform of our health system by way of independent, well resourced and authoritative policy papers.

The Adelaide Hospital Society, represented by Professor Ian Graham, Dr. Elaine Kay and Dr. Fergus O'Ferrall, on Wednesday 24th May 2000 appeared before the Oireachtas All-Party Committee on the Constitution in regard to abortion. The Society had made a very significant submission in 1998 to the Interdepartmental Working Group on Abortion which produced the Green Paper which preceded the work of the All-Party Committee on the Constitution. The Society has made a most valuable contribution to the genuine health care issues involved in the abortion debate and we are pleased that the Report of the All-Party Committee on Abortion issued in November 2000 reflects very closely the approach of the Submission of the Society in respect of positive strategies of prevention, education and healthcare as the optimum approach in reducing the number of unwanted pregnancies and the very high rate of Irish abortion.

Dr Emer Shelley, guest speaker at the Society's Annual Conference in September 2000

Nursing - A Revolution Underway

During 2000 the almost 'permanent revolution' which has been a feature of nurse education in the 1990s continued. The Nurse Education Forum's completed its Report A Strategy for a Pre-Registration Nursing Education Degree Programme. The transfer of student nurse recruitment to the Central Applications Office occurred for 2001, a year before the new Nursing Degree commences in 2002. Dr. David Moore represented the Society on the Nurse Education Forum and the Hospital has established a Nurse Education and Development Working Group chaired by the CEO, Mr. M. Lyons, to consider the implications for the Hospital of the recommendations of the Report.

The Adelaide Hospital Society is committed through The Adelaide School of Nursing to foster the philosophy of care and the character of nursing for which it is justly famous. During 2000 a new brochure on 'The Adelaide School of Nursing' was produced by the Society and distributed to second level schools. The Society has begun a process of visiting second-level schools to promote careers in nursing and in particular the opportunities now available through The Adelaide School of Nursing.

In addition the Society has augmented its student bursary support introduced in 1996 in a very major way for 2001 by offering up to 25 student bursaries of IR���£1000 each for 2001 entrants. The Society has also agreed uniquely among Irish Schools of Nursing to retain an interview for entry into The Adelaide School of Nursing as it values greatly the identification of the personal caring attributes so essential to nursing. The Society was delighted to award the first of its Adelaide Nursing Scholarships to Student Nurse Louise Conlan, who achieved a distinction in her first year examinations at Trinity College. Such student Scholarships may be awarded from time to time for outstanding results attained.

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Student Nurse Louise Conlan who was awarded the first Adelaide Nursing scholarship ���£1,500 for gaining distinction in her first year nursing examinations at Trinity College in 2000

The Society awarded the Eileen Mansfield Scholarships for the second year to the value of IR���£3500. Ms. Zena Moore obtained a Mansfield Scholarship for IR���£1500 towards her research on sore prevention, Mr. Sean O'Brien and Ms. Carolyn McLean obtained a Mansfield Scholarship for IR���£1000 for research into fall prevention and Ms. Dympna Blake obtained a Mansfield Scholarship for IR���£1000 for study on utilising touch in Intensive Care. Ms. Blake's Scholarship has been deferred by her for one year.

In addition the Society awarded the IR���£1000 David and Dorothy Mitchell Nursing Scholarship to Staff Nurse James Power towards an M.A. Degree in Health Informatics and the IR���£1000 Caroline Sharkey Scholarship to Staff Nurse Gillian Evans towards an M.Sc. Degree in Pain Management. In addition 12 awards of IR���£200 each were made to assist our nurses in their further education.

The Society was pleased to award four student nurse bursaries, two for ���£1000 each and two for ���£500 each.

The Society contributed a further ���£1200 to the Cardiac Rehab Fund in order to support the development of international links by Cardiac Rehab staff and specialist nurses in this vital area. The Society is strongly committed to fostering the caring values long associated with our nurses into the future and to ensuring the advancement of the nursing profession in the context of the new nursing degree programme from 2002.

New Context for Voluntary Healthcare Organisations

The Society, and indeed the Hospital, has had to struggle for many years to ensure that the voluntary character of the Hospital, enshrined in the Charter of the Hospital, is sustained, understood and appreciated.

The Society made a detailed Submission in 1998 towards a new Government White Paper on the relationship between the voluntary sector and the State. In September 2000 the White Paper Supporting Voluntary Activity was launched by An Taoseach, Mr. Bertie Ahern, T.D., and the Society welcomes the new commitment made now by the State to foster partnership with voluntary organisations and to seek to abide by principles which support citizens to be active citizens through community and voluntary bodies. The Government is now committed to implement the White Paper in partnership with the voluntary sector and to promote volunteering through a National Committee in support of the U.N. Year of Volunteering, 2001.

The Society welcomes the very clear commitment to voluntary healthcare organisations and to voluntary Boards of healthcare agencies, made in the Fine Gael proposals on health entitled Restoring Trust A New Health Plan for the Nation published in November 2000.

The Hospital has undertaken a full and very professional review of volunteer services within the Hospital. The Society made a very comprehensive submission concerning the future of such services in the Hospital. Volunteers add greatly to the quality of care delivered in the Hospital through the Atrium Coffee and Tea Bar, the voluntary patients' library service, assisting the Pastoral Care team, helping in the Children's Play Therapy and in many other areas where they serve in support of the staff. Sinead Kilkelly, who assisted in the review, presented the results to the Society's Board and set out how further development might take place.

The Society and the Hospital are committed to fully developing these volunteering opportunities and we welcome enquiries from those who would like to contribute.

The Society supports a large range of departments and services in the Hospital with the provision of voluntary funds for small scale but very vital needs. The Summer Sale Committee raised IR���£7761 for the Pastoral Care Department. This assisted this Department in the total refurbishment of the Mortuary Chapel. The Society presented ���£2000 to the new Psychiatric Unit in the Hospital to facilitate a new channel of voluntary support for psychiatric care in 2000.

Wilde Lecture

The Adelaide Hospital Society was delighted to sponsor a lecture in honour of the contribution of the Wilde family to medicine at the special Wilde Symposium organised by Trinity College, Dublin in December 2000.

Board Matters and Annual General Meeting 2000

The Board of the Society has been very actively engaged with issues concerned with the future development of the Hospital. A range of meetings took place with the CEO, Mr. Michael Lyons, to explore how the Society might support the Hospital in future years and the Board has given substantial time to strategic planning for the Society's work in the future.

There have been a number of changes to our Board membership. Mrs. B. Somerville-Large, a former Chairman of the Board, resigned and was awarded Honorary Life Membership of the Society in honour of her long and committed service to the Hospital and to the Society. The Society, at the Annual General Meeting in 2000, presented a watercolour of the new Hospital by the artist Mary Dillon to Mrs. Rosemary French, first Chairman of the Hospital, 1996-1999 in recognition of her outstanding leadership given in the most difficult circumstances of transition and change associated with the opening of the new Hospital in 1998. Dr. John Reid and Mr. Bruce Lyster, after many years of valued voluntary contribution to the Society, resigned and the Society expresses deep appreciation for their service to healthcare. A new style Annual General Meeting was held in May 2000 where the Governors heard a challenging address by Mr. Mark Mortell, Marketing Director, Aer Lingus, on the vital role of voluntary organisations in Irish Society. The Governors were joined by the Officers and the CEO of the Hospital, Mr. Michael Lyons, for dinner in the Hospital giving the Governors more scope for social exchange than at previous AGMs.

Relationship with the Churches

The Board is committed to developing the important relationships which it has with the Churches symbolised by the Patrons of the Society: The Primate and Archbishop of Armagh, Most Rev. Dr. Robin Eames, The Moderator of the Presbyterian Church, Rev. Dr. Trevor Morrow and The President of the Methodist Church, Rev. Kenneth Todd. The Society is a unique island-wide channel for the Protestant contribution to Hospital services and The Adelaide and Meath Hospital, under the Presidency of the Archbishop of Dublin, Most. Rev. Walton Empey, is a focus for Protestant participation in the health services of the Republic. Both the Society and the Hospital are an important resource for the Churches in witnessing to Christian values in healthcare in the challenging context of a potential revolution in medicine in the wake of new discoveries in medical genetics. Ireland's most comprehensive and modern public university teaching Hospital, The Adelaide & Meath Hospital, Dublin, Incorporating the National Children's Hospital, provides the Churches with a practical involvement in healthcare issues with which to inform their Christian witness. This witness is given in a multi-denominational and pluralist context where every person is fully respected and human life is regarded as sacred and where healing involves caring for the whole person.

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Canon Ken Kearon, Director of the Irish School of Ecumenics, discusses "Medical Ethics and the Future of Healthcare" with Mr Miche���¡l Martin TD, Minister for Health and Children

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Pastoral Care Department

Report by Ms Kathleen O'Connor
Director of Pastoral Care
For the end of the year 2000

Introduction

The Millennium year with all the celebrations and excitement seemed to disappear into history very quickly. Perhaps its quick passing may reflect the busy nature of the Department of Pastoral Care. The demand for our services grew during the year 2000. Chaplaincy, bereavement and education have kept the pastoral care team extremely busy. The training of pastoral visitors and Eucharistic ministers has been an important part of our work. Liturgical celebrations nurtured our spirits and a radio broadcast put us on the national airwaves.

Changing Team

The Pastoral team has been fortunate in having Rev. Susan Green and Fr. Austin Mc Guiness join it. The latter takes the place of Fr. Ben Hegarty, who now works part- time and the half -post made available by the arrival of St.Lomans.

Ms. Maura Noctor retired at the end of last year. Maura provided years of faithful service to the Meath Hospital as the secretary to the Manager of that hospital. With the amalgamation, she enthusiastically took the position of secretary to the department of Pastoral Care and for the first two years did a wonderful job in setting up the secretarial aspect of the department. Her caring and wisdom is greatly missed. She has now moved to the Meath foundation in a part-time position, where she continues her very professional work.

We were lucky to find Kathleen Graham, who is our new secretary. So we have two Kathleens, which at times causes some confusion. Each one is described as 'the other Kathleen'.

Chaplaincy

Very few days pass without someone expressing appreciation of the work of the chaplains. Patients express their gratitude in so many ways to each chaplain for journeying with them during their illness. One woman on her check- up visit came to the department expressing the wish to see the chaplain who had shown "such great kindness to me when I was in hospital". Families express their appreciation on so many occasions for the support offered to their loved one during the dying process. Families also appreciate the care and support experienced by them during long illnesses of a family member. "I do not know what I would have done if the pastoral care team did not support us the way you did. The whole family felt that ye were all there for us". The presence of the chaplain in the mortuary, when a remains is leaving is much appreciated by grieving families.

Staff members have also expressed their appreciation for the support that they receive from chaplains on the different units. The availability of chaplains for twenty-four hours provides much needed spiritual support to patients and families, which takes the pressure off very busy nurses. In most situations the nursing staff is very sensitive to the spiritual needs of patients. The staff in the A&E department also values the presence of the chaplain, especially at times of great trauma and tragedy. Such an occasion was when two traveling families lost two members in a dreadful car accident. The chaplain not only helped the grieving relatives to cope with their tragic loss, but also maintained control of the situation when matters got out of hand. Not only did the staff in the A&E department appreciate such an intervention, but also the local Garda Superintendent.

The pastoral care team has also supported staff members during difficult times. Staff members also have bereavements, broken relationships and/or ill health. Sometimes a word of comfort or concern that can make a huge difference. Other times sitting with a person as he/she struggles with the pain of grief can give an individual the strength to continue on their journey of life. The presence of a chaplain at a funeral service or wake also communicates care to grieving staff which is experienced as very supportive.

Bereavement Programme

The demand for bereavement counselling has grown significantly during the past year. While Kathleen O'Connor provided bereavement counselling to a limited number of people, the majority are referred to other centers for bereavement services. Family members also return to meet members of the team who supported them while their family member was a patient.

A Suicide Bereavement Support group was provided in the department during the past year. Twenty-nine people availed of four sessions of eight weeks. A few people returned for a second and third group because they experienced it "as a life-line".

The Service of Light continues to be the highlight of our bereavement programme. Each alternate month families whose loved ones died in the hospital return for a service which gives them an opportunity to celebrate the life of their deceased, pray for them and experience the solidarity of being with other grieving families. Family members welcome the opportunity to meet staff members who supported them during the dying process of their family member. Members of the Bethany group, who are volunteers in local parishes, are also present, offering support and inviting individuals to support groups in their own parishes.

Education

We avail of every opportunity presented to us to provide an understanding of pastoral care to staff members. It is hoped that by so doing we promote pastoral care throughout the hospital. An input on pastoral care is given to each group of new staff during their orientation programme. We have also given a more in-depth coverage of pastoral care to the different groups of oversees nurses. We have given a few inputs on pastoral care to student nurses. We would welcome more teaching opportunities to all student groups as we see Pastoral Care as central to holistic care. This implies that everyone involved in the care of the patient needs to be sensitive to spiritual needs and able to respond or refer patients to the Pastoral Care team.

Our educational programme extends to students from different colleges in the city. We had ten students from the Church of Ireland Theological College, who spent every Wednesday from October to December visiting patients and learning by reflecting on that experience. Other students came from Kimmage Institute of Education and Milltown Park. They find Tallaght a wonderful hospital in which to participate in a placement for pastoral education.

Two sessions on the pastoral care of the dying were given to students participating in the Diploma and Masters in Gerontology at St. James hospital. This is the second year that we have had this opportunity and on both occasions the feedback was extremely positive. However, the sessions also highlighted the need for pastoral care for nurses who care for the elderly.

Volunteer Programme

There are over sixty Eucharistic Ministers attached to the department, who bring Holy Communion to Roman Catholic patients on three days during the week. This service is much appreciated by many patients. The volunteers also appreciate the opportunity of exercising their baptismal calling to ministry. Many find their lives enriched by this service to the sick.

The Pastoral visitors have found visiting patients a very rewarding ministry. Six women started the programme last summer. It was truly an ecumenical group, with the Church of Ireland, Baptist, Presbyterian and Roman Catholic churches represented.

Rev Donald Rodgers, Fr. John Kelly and I provided the orientation, which culminated with a beautiful commissioning service. I meet the visitors on a fortnightly basis for supervision. Although we have lost two of the visitors, the program is much appreciated by the patients and staff in Age Related Health Care.

We also have three women who keep the sanctuary decorated. Ann and Josie take care of the linens and keep the candle- sticks shining. Pat, who is a member of the Irish country Women's Association, decorates the chapel with wonderful flower arrangements.

Information Leaflet

One of the achievements of which we are very proud is the completion of the information leaflet. This colorful document illustrates our ministry of pastoral care and gives information about our services and how a member of the pastoral care team can be contacted. An insert within the leaflet provides a range of prayers from the main faith traditions.

The Mortuary

We were able to give the Mortuary a face-lift for the Millennium. Fresh paint and a new carpet made the Mortuary chapel look like new. There is a great mixture of the old and the new in the Mortuary. The altar, chairs and Calvary (all from the old Adelaide Hospital), blend in extremely well with the new carpet and the plants. The "Spring Sale", organized by the Adelaide Society, made this possible, for which we are very grateful.

The Chapel Committee

This committee meets regularly to complete the commissioning of the chapel. The Theotokos will be finished and installed by mid- summer, 2001. Ms. Anna Duncan, a wonderful sculptress has done an amazing piece of art, which will greatly enhance the ambiance of the chapel. The process of choosing this piece illustrates the true ecumenical nature of the chapel committee.

Mr. James Scanlon, an artist from Cork has been working with us on the stain-glass windows at the front of the chapel. He has presented us with wonderful possibilities of colour and design and the hope that the finished product will be installed during the summer of 2001.

We succeeded in purchasing stacking chairs to provide extra seating for the large attendance at the bi-monthly Service of Light. They blend in beautifully with the original chairs in the chapel.

Choosing art pictures for the chapel corridor has proven more difficult. The limited funds and finding the appropriate collection has taken longer that we had hoped.

Worship Services

The pastoral care team provides worship services to meet the denominational needs of the hospital population. We also have ecumenical services to celebrate the inter- denominational and pluralistic nature of our hospital. The annual Carol Service fittingly celebrated the birth of Christ and the launch of the third Millennium. The hospital choir with its beautiful music and song made the Carol service a wonderful celebration.

The highlight of our year was the special radio service we had for St. Luke's day. We made history by having the first radio broadcast from our hospital. Rev. Donald Rodgers facilitated the team in planning a creative and different worship service. Having individuals share their experience of illness was a novel approach. The producer of the Sunday worship services, Mary Curtain was greatly impressed by the innovative service. She hopes that we will do another one in the near future.

Hopes for the Future

As we move to the coming year we anticipate that a Pastoral Care Committee will be established to support our work of Pastoral Care. Initially we will have a working group from the hospital, which will work with the team in planning ways of making pastoral care central to the care of the patient and the work of the hospital.

Hopefully, by next year, we will have activity levels recorded, which will demonstrate the volume of contact we have with patients.

It is our plan to have a programme of Clinical Pastoral Education provided in the department. This will not only enhance our work but also add to the teaching reputation of the hospital.

Summary

We approach the future with great optimism. Pastoral Care is seen as a very important part of the patients' care and we hope to promote a greater awareness of this through our professional delivery of pastoral care and through our educational processes. We look forward to the support of the new Pastoral Care committee which will be established during the coming year.

The Medical Staff of the Adelaide Hospital 1922: Front row, Miss Smith, Miss Henry, Miss Wagner; Second row, G Harvey MD, H Bewley MD, W Beatty MD, T E Gordon FRCSI, L G Gunn FRCSI; Third row, E R Haffner, D G Madill MD, S H Law MD, E J M Watson MD, J Speares MD, S V Furlong FRCSI; Fourth row, S Gilmore, M Bewley MB, G Bewley MB, J L Stewart �  �  Dr Fergus O'Ferrall models the mountain bike which was the bonus prize at the Summer Sale held in St Maelruain's Parish Centre on 15th April 2000 The second Adelaide Hospital Society Summer Sale since moving to Tallaght was held on Saturday 15th April in St. Maelruain's Parish Centre, by kind permission of the Rector and Select Vestry. The proceeds this year were in aid of the Pastoral Care Department. As a run up to the sale a number of smaller events were held, the first of which was a canteen cake sale in the hospital on 11th February. This was well supported by the staff of the hospital and realised ���£765. In March, Judy Chambers kindly ran a cake sale in her home in Co Kildare which brought in the grand sum of ���£1200 and later that month one of the parishioners of Tallaght - Mrs Eileen Whitten - generously ran a bring and buy sale in her home and raised ���£322.50. We are deeply grateful to Judy and Eileen for taking the trouble to run these valuable fund raising functions for such worthy cause. This year for the first time we ran a raffle made up solely from generous contributions of prizes, which raised almost ���£2000. We had a BONUS prize of a Mountain Bike very kindly presented by Mr. Pat Cox, and a very popular and much competed for prize of two nights Bed and Breakfast in Ballymaloe House Hotel, Co Cork, very generously donated by Mrs Myrtle Allen. Altogether 15 great prizes were presented by Board members and friends of the Hospital and we say a heartfelt "THANK YOU" to one and all. Special thanks must be given to the Rector and Parishioners of Tallaght Parish for their generous use of the hall, and for all their practical help and support so willingly given; to all the stallholders and their helpers; to the firms and individuals who donated goods and gifts; and to all our faithful supporters who attended the sale and made the event such a success. This year's sale made ���£7,600, most of which was used to completely refurbish the Mortuary. Stallholders 2000 Delicatessen Janet McConnell Bric-a-Brac Joan Kerr and Vi Hoffman Cakes Imelda Bird Arts and Crafts Marion Wilson Garden Rosie French Kitchen Jean Miller Tombola Hazel Bowles and Heather Meates Books Ken and Joy Mawhinney Raffle Meg Jackson Coffee Maureen Millington Guess the weight of cake Baked and presented by Pat Wilson

Adelaide & Meath Hospital Guild, Tallaght

The year 2000 was a very successful and productive year for the Guild. We hosted three fundraisers, which made over ���£21,000.

Our first event was held in The Civic Theatre in Tallaght in April. We are enormously grateful to Brid Dukes from the Theatre and Cllr. Charlie O'Connor for the encouragement and guidance they offered. We hosted 'The Trickster', Harriet O'Carroll's adaptation of Moliere's play 'Les Foubieres de Scapin', performed by The Island Theatre Company. The play was preceded by a wine reception in the foyer courtesy of Dillon's Wines. The Guild worked very hard to collect spot prizes for the evening, first prize being a microwave and these were dispensed with great gusto at the end of the show. We are deeply indebted to the Hospital staff, particularly those retired members who supported the play. The evening resulted in a profit of ���£17,000.

Our next event was a Coffee Morning with the theme "Bring a Plant". This was highly successful and we received over 80 plants - some guests having clubbed together to buy one big plant. We also received some financial donations with which we bought some of the much sought after decorative Ann Stritch terracotta pots. Two of the Guild packed their cars with pots and plants and headed for the Hospital immediately after the Coffee Morning. They commandeered a redundant trolley and gave plants to Age Related Health Care, the Day Rooms beside each ward, the Waiting Area in X-Ray, Out-Patients Waiting Area, the Day Ward and Pre-Assessment Waiting Areas. They were much appreciated by staff and patients alike. We felt this was a particularly easy way to enhance the Hospital environment.

Our last fundraiser was a repeat of last year's Sponsored Walk. We were most unfortunate with the weather as it turned out to be the wettest, windiest day of the year! Nonetheless the turnout was gratifyingly high and we received over ���£4,000 in sponsorship. Eight hardy souls under the leadership of John Gleeson, an experienced hill walker, completed the walk along the top of The Black Hill. They returned sodden to Zeller's Pub where Mr. Zeller's roaring fire was much appreciated. We were very glad to have The Baltinglass Red Cross in attendance and to know that they were in radio contact with out intrepid group of 8 as the visibility was very poor and we could not see them and apparently they could hardly see each other!

The Guild purchased a Moto-Med machine for the Neurology Unit, 2 shower chairs for The Ruttle Ward, a podiatry chair for the Dressing Area in A&E, and a phlebotomy chair. In an effort to enhance the Hospital wetting we purchased a large number of prints and if you have not already seen them please do so. They are in The Urology Unit, Dept of Gastroenterology, Day Ward, Pre-Assessment Unit, Radiology Waiting Area and Physiotherapy Waiting Area and in the O.P.D. corridors and waiting rooms. We are indebted to Appletons and Technical Services for their held with this project.

We were sorry to lose some of our long serving members this year but heartened by their offers of support for future fundraising events.

Fundraising Events for 2001

• Garden visit (including lunch) late June
• Sponsored Walk late September
• Lunch in The Royal Yacht Club, Dunlaoghaire October

Officers 2001

Mary Mangan 2828160
Noreen Keane 2821810
Joint Chairpersons

Sylvia Simpson
Hon Secretary

Janice Creely Fleming
Hon Treasurer

Revd Kenneth Todd, President of the Methodist Church in Ireland, accompanied by Mrs Daphne Todd, visited the Adelaide and Meath Hospital in January 2001 Ã�  Ã�  The Adelaide Nurses' League Report At the Adelaide Nurses' League British Columbia Branch reunion 2000 were left to right Joan Brown, Joy Gregson, Betty MacIntosh, Margaret Nicholl and Doris McConnell The Adelaide Hospital Nurses' League has had a quietly favourable year. Our AGM, held in the Hospital at Tallaght, was very successful with one of the largest attendances ever and a great deal of interaction taking place during the meeting. This was preceded by a service in the Hospital chapel, and followed by a dinner in The Plaza hotel. During the year we had a pleasant afternoon tea get-together for members who had served the League well and had worked hard for many years. It was a very enjoyable occasion. The annual coffee morning and sale held last March in aid of our Benevolent Fund was our most profitable venture ever. We were delighted with the support we received from so many people and our thanks go to all who supported us. In this day and age, when there is so much talk about the Celtic Tiger, we must not overlook the many who need help and support, or who just need to be contacted to show they are not forgotten. The British Columbia, London and Northern Ireland branches continue to thrive and we are in regular contact with them. As always we sadly note the loss of some of our members who died during the year. Our numbers, however, are still healthy and we managed to recruit a small number of new members. During the coming year the League will, as it has in the past, continue to support its members and also to maintain an interest in the Hospital at Tallaght. Yvonne Seville President       Volunteer Services Volunteer helpers at the Valentine's Day Cake Sale held in the Hospital Dining Room on 11th February 2000 2001 is the UN International Year of the Volunteer and I would like to start by expressing my gratitude to all of our volunteers. What is a Volunteer? Volunteers are individuals who, of their own free will, commit time and energy to benefit society, local communities, individuals outside their immediate family, the environment and other causes. They are not paid for doing so, although they may be reimbursed for their out-of-pocket expenses. They are rewarded in other ways however: by getting satisfaction from doing their bit, from seeing the results of their work, from meeting others and any number of other reasons. Volunteering can take many forms, including service provision, advocacy, management, campaigning, mutual/self-help and community action. All such forms of volunteering are equally valid. Volunteering is a matter of free choice; there can be no compulsion to volunteer. Everyone has the right to volunteer and to have equal access to volunteering opportunities, without experiencing discrimination Volunteers have the right to expect satisfaction and to receive support, recognition, supervision, training and out-of-pocket expenses for the activities that they undertake. Volunteers make a unique contribution; their work complements that of paid staff but does not substitute for it. Organisations have the right to guidance and support if they wish to improve the way they involve volunteers in their work. The needs of volunteers and organisations which involve volunteers, carry equal weight; good practice on an individual level must be matched by good practice in an organisational context. Volunteer involvement in this Hospital allows us to provide extra non-essential services for patients, such as the monthly lunchtime concerts which will continue throughout 2001. These concerts are funded by income from the Volunteer Coffee Shop so thanks to all those who work in the Coffee Shop and all those who support it. Carol Roe Volunteer Services Manager     Photographs The Society presents a painting of the New Hospital by artist Mary Dillon (right) to Mrs Rosemary French in recognition of her role as the first Chairman of the Hospital, 1996-1999. The presentation was made by Professor David McConnell, President of the Society Outgoing Officers of the Society left to right, Professor David McConnell, President; Ms Janet Pasley, Hon Secretary; Professor Ian Graham, Chairman; Mr Michael Knatchbull, Hon Treasurer Ms Tanya Dempsey presented her painting of the Adelaide Hospital in Peter Street to the Society at the AGM accompanied by her father, Mr Bill Dempsey (left) and Comdt Arthur Cronhelm, Vice-President At the presentation by the Society of a special mounted Adelaide Nurses Badge to Mrs Meg Jackson in recognition of her contribution to nursing policies by Professor ian Graham At the launch of Citizenship and Public Service in the Royal College of Surgeons in May 2000 were left to right: Dr Fergus O'Ferrall, Professor Ian Graham, Professor David McConnell and Mr Michael Lyons, CEO of the Adelaide and Meath Hospital Ms Maureen Millington, niece of the late Mrs Chan Boothman, presents on behalf of her family, a watercolour of the new Adelaide and Meath Hospital by the artist Mary Dillon to the Hospital, accompanied by the Director of the Society, Dr Fergus O'Ferrall. Mrs Boothman was Theatre Sister in the Adelaide Hospital and a much loved member of the Board of the Society for many years At the presentation of Honorary Life Membership of the Society to Mrs Beatrice Somerville Large were Professor Ian Graham, Chairman, and Mrs Meg Jackson, member of the Board The Minister for Health, Mr MicheÃ�¡l Martin TD, with Ms Catherine McDaid, Deputy CEO and Mr Michael Lyons, CEO Mr Donal O'Shea, Chief Executive ERHA, in conversation with Professor David McConnell, President of the Adelaide Hospital Society At the 2000 AGM of the Adelaide Hospital Society, left to right: Mrs Janet Pasley, Dr Fergus O'Farrell and Professor David McConnell Mr Michael Kelly, Secretary General, Department of Health and Children who spoke at at the launch of Citizenship and Public Service in May 2000

 

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A Memorial to Nigel Kinnear and Keith Shaw

by Professor Frank Keane

The Adelaide Society has seen the passing of two distinguished medical alumni in the last year, Nigel Kinnear and Keith Shaw. Both played their particular role in guiding the ship of Irish surgery through the turbulent but often exciting waters of the 20th Century. They were each acknowledged for this during their lifetime by becoming Presidents of the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, the highest honour that the surgical community can bestow and an acknowledgement of their lifetime's work.

The similarities between these two men were not immediately apparent during their lives. Nigel the older (born in 1907) short, scrupulously neat, brusque and busy, while Keith some 12 years his junior was tall, elegant, deliberate and modulated. Yet the pattern of their lives has displayed a remarkable symmetry.

Both men were born of Protestant commercial families. Nigel was educated at Kingstown Grammar School and then despatched off to Mill Hill for his unmistakable public school polish. Keith went to Mountjoy School and both received their medical education at Trinity - where else?

History does not relate why they chose to do surgery. Nevertheless, this was their chosen path from the outset and they both ground their way steadfastly as journeymen apprentice surgeons in a somewhat haphazard fashion that was the way of the times. These were the days when you needed a benefactor and when a 'CV' referred to a type of brandy. It is a credit to both men that they left their profession with an organisation and training structure far removed from that within which they grew up.

Success in surgery in those days was measured by survival. If technology is the watchword of today, in those days it was skill. You had to be quick, slick and kind to tissues: they were both past masters. They worked in austere conditions by today's standards with little technical back up and support. They had to be economical and would be aghast at our present day profligacy and waste.

The community that was served by the Adelaide and Baggot Street Hospitals, across the social spectrum, held them both in friendly respect. Neither were avaricious men, and both served their communities with great generosity of spirit and hard endeavour. In equal measure their colleagues and staff revered them. Whilst they were both true to the principals of their own religion they also respected race, colour, creed and, of course, hard work.

Neither was intellectually satisfied with the simple daily round of surgical practice. Both saw the way that surgery was developing and both played their part in exploring the new frontiers. Keith's early career concentrated on Thoracic Surgery of which there was abundance. Tuberculosis was still leaving its ravages while both smog and smoking did the rest. As T.B. waned, he both recognised and participated in the exciting new developments of cardiac surgery. At the same time Nigel, dismayed by the destruction of vascular disease whose only remedy was amputation, excitedly embraced the new possibilities that arose in peripheral vascular surgery and grafting.

Their abilities to cross sectarian and hospital divisions was manifested by Nigel's close co-operation in the development of Vascular Surgery with Paddy Fitzgerald in St. Vincent's Hospital. For Keith, his alliance with Eoin O'Malley culminated in the success that is now the Cardiac Surgical Unit at the Mater Hospital. It is a fitting tribute that the new Cardiac Centre in St. James' Hospital has been named after Keith and it must be only a matter of time before an equivalent memorial is established to Nigel in the new hospital at Tallaght.

Neither of these men was dulled by the toil of their surgical endeavours. They both had consuming outside interests and were lively, interesting conversationalists. Nigel, an accomplished hockey player in his youth, went on to refine his golf swing at Portmarnock and at the same time shot and fished with the best of them. Keith also was blighted with a passion for golf, becoming Captain of Carrickmines; he loved his exercise and latterly became absorbed in bridge, painting and gardening. Catching the 'big one' using his own-made cast on the Slaney gave satisfaction equally thrilling to Nigel as did a 'called and made' Grand Slam, with a couple of neat finesses, to Keith.

The final and curious symmetry between these two men was that they went away, met and brought their wives back to Ireland. Nigel met Frances during the grim and gruelling task of tidying up Europe (and notably Belsen) after the war, while Keith met Dorothy during a tour of duty in the Channel Isles. Both wives gave lustre of charm, character and sparkle that was an integral part of their respective partnerships. Frances and Dorothy have survived their husbands and we send them our sincerest sympathies. Like them we greatly miss the company, humour and mischief of these men.

These lauded surgeons plied the steel
That questioned the distempered part;
Beneath the bleeding hands we feel
The sharp compassion of their healer's art
Resolving the enigma of the fever chart.

(With apologies to T S Elliot)

 

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Annual Governers

Berman, Mr, Philip C.
Bewley, Mrs, Shirley
Bird, Mrs, I.
Bird, Mr, J.
Bowtell, Mr., Michael G.
Boyle, Mrs, Thea
Buchanan, Dr., Joan
Carroll, Mr., Henry
Chambers, Mrs, Judy
Cornish, Mrs., Doris I.
Cox, Mr., David
Cox, Mr, Neville
Crowley, Dr, P.
Dickson, Mr, Michael G.
Diskin, Dr., Liam
Dowling, Dr., Frank
Greene, Mr., Richard
Hamilton, Dr., Lynda
Hendy, Cllr., Rainsford
Henry, Senator, Mary
Hoey, Prof., H.
Holt, Mr., Samuel J.
Hunt, Mrs., K.I.
Kay, Dr., Elaine
Keane, Prof., F.B.
Kearon, Rev., Kenneth
Knatchbull, Mr., Michael
Lynam-Loane, Mr., Anthony
McAdams, Mrs., Evelyn
McConnell, Mrs., Janet
McCullough SC, Mr., Eoin
McInerney, Dr., David
McShane, Mr., Donald
Moore, Dr., David P.
Mulcahy, Dr., David
O'Dowd, Prof., Tom
O'Morain, Prof., C.A.
Pedlow, Mrs., Sue
Phillips, Mr., Kenneth
Pope, Mrs., Patricia
Prendiville, Prof., Walter
Seville, Miss, Y.
Smyth, Dr., Barbara
Tanner, Mr., Arthur
Vincent, Mr., Arthur
Watson McKelvie, Dr., Helen

 

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Life Governers

Anderson, Mr., J.C.P.
Baker, Mrs., Jane L
Beesley, Mr., W.H.
Bell, Mr., Alec
Blakeney, Mrs., J.
Bleakley, Mr., G.H.
Burry, Mr., R.D.
Cornish-Brown, Mrs., T.
Cronhelm, Comdt., A.
Farrell, Mrs., A.P.
Fenelon, Mr., E.
Ferguson, Rev., G.W.
FitzPatrick, Mr., David
French, Mrs, R
Graeme-Cook, Mr., D
Graham, Prof., Ian
Harty, Mrs., V.
Hewat, Mr., J.R.B.
Hinds, Mr., R.
Iveagh, , The Countess of
Jackson, Mrs., M.
Jupe, Rev., Derek R.
Linney, The Ven., G.C.S
McComas, Mr., S.K.
McConnell, Prof., David
McCullagh, Mr., Robert
Morrison, Mr., R.I.
Moss, Mr., G.P.
Odlum, Mr., N.D.
Pasley, Mrs., Janet
Reid, Dr., J.
Ross, Mr., J.
Stringer, Mr., W.J.
Strong, Mr., C.H.
Sweeney, Mrs., Irene
Thomas, Dr., D.E.
Tomkin, Prof., G.H.

HONORARY LIFE MEMBERS

The Venerable D.L. Keegan
Mrs. J. Keegan
Mrs. B. Somerville-Large

A watercolour painting of the Chidren's Play Room in the National Children's Hospital by Mary Dillon was presented to the National Children's Hospital by the Society     Members Members are listed by month of joining. Annual subscriptions are due in that month. January Adamson, Mr, Alfred Bewley, Dr, Ruth Bond, Rev, John Booth, Mrs, Noreen Burke, Mr & Mrs, Sean Byrne, Mrs, Mary Caffery, Mr, Seamus Chaloner, Dr, David Collins, Ms., Helen. Counihan, Mrs, B. Crean, Mrs, Karen Doran, Mr & Mrs, Richard Flynn, Mr, Barra Good, Rev, Peter A Graves, Mr, Gordon R. Hanbidge, Mrs, Jane Henry, Mr, Tony Hill, Mrs, Jennifer Johnston, Ms, Hazel Lenehan, Mr, Michael Lindsay, Rev, Kenneth Madden, Mr & Mrs, John Maher, Ms, Mary McGrath, Mr, John Michael, Mrs, Valerie Mullen, Rev, C. Murphy, Dr, Denis Newport, Mr. & Mrs., R & Y O'Neill, Mr, Desmond O'Neill, Mrs, H. O'Sullivan, Mr & Mrs, Thomas Parker, Mr, H.J. Paterson, Rev, John Persse, Ms, Winifred Power, Canon, Ivor J. Prentice, Mr., David W. Richards, Mr., Graham Richardson, Mrs, Doreen Selvey, Mr, Henry. Skeet, Mrs., M. Joyce Smith, Mr, Thomas Tutty, Ms, Margaret Walker, Mrs, Olive H. Wall, Mr. & Mrs., Robin & Jean Wann, Canon, Denis F. Watts, Rev, Ronald H. Watts, Dr & Mrs, W. Whisker, Mrs, Sheila Whitten, Mr & Mrs, Stewart Young, Mrs, Rosemary February Adams, Mrs, Peace Alexander, Mrs, Adelaide Andrews, Miss, Joan Barry, Ms, Mary Barton, Mr, Oswald H Baskin, Miss, Mena Bell, Mrs, Stella Benson, Mrs, Iris Boate, Mrs, Kathleen Bradshaw, Mr & Mrs, Brian & Rhoda Brophy, Mr, Richard Burke, Mr, M. Byrne, Mrs, Marie Byrne, Ms, May Cahill, Mr, Joseph Carroll, Dr & Mrs, Derek Chamberlain, Ms, Margaret Clancy, Ms, Lucy Coady, Mrs, Cecelia Collins, Mrs, Helena Collins, Miss, Marie Cooney, Ms, Anne Cooper, Mrs., B Cunningham, Prof, Brendan Dagge, Mr & Mrs, Percival & Florence Danker, Mr, Hyman Daunt-Smyth, Mr & Mrs, Eric & Muriel Davis, Mr, Robert Dawson, Mrs, Elizabeth Doherty, Mrs, Enid Donaghey, Mr, Bernard Donaldson, Dr, S. Noel Doran, Ms, Mary Doran, Mr, Michael Doyle, Miss, Mary Elder, Mr, George English, Mr, Walter Fagan, Mr & Mrs, Brendan Fagan, Mrs, Joan Fenlon, Mrs, Margaret Ferrar, Ms, Elizabeth Fitzpatrick, Mrs, Helen Fitzpatrick, Mr, Patrick Fitzpatrick Barrett, Mrs., Joan Forsythe, Mrs, Joan Foxton, Mr, William Gantley, Mr, Eamonn Gaynor, Mr, Michael Gordon, Mrs, Marion Graham, Mrs, Kathleen Grehan, Mr, Joe Hastings, Mr, Robert Hayden, Mrs, Philomena Hayes, Mrs, Victoria Heather, Mrs, June Hinds, Mrs, Connie Hinds, Ms, Valerie Hughes, Mr, Henry Hunt, Ms, Anne Marie Husbands, Mrs, Joan Hyland, Mr, Denis James, Mr, Dermot James, Mrs., Gladys Joyce, Mr & Mrs, John Kearon, Mr, R. Keegan, Mrs, Bridget Kelly, Mrs, Jean Kerrison, Mr & Mrs, N Killilea, Mrs, Kathleen Kilpatrick, Mr, Leonard Kingston, Mr & Mrs, Richard & Jennifer Lalor, Mrs, Hilary Latham, Mr, Leslie D. Lennon, Mr, Noel Lougheed, Mr, John Lynch, Dr., Liam Maher, Ms, Josephine Malone, Prof., Jim Martin, Mr., Brian McCarthy, Mrs, Phyllis McCollum, Mr, John McConnell, Mrs, Joan McDaid, Mrs, Brigid McDonnell, Mr, Michael McEnroe, Mrs, Helen McGolderick, Mrs, Mary McKay, Mr, James McKenna, Mr, R.P. McNally, Ms, Maura McQuillan, Dr., Regina Medcalfe, Mr, Cecil T. Miller, Mrs, B. Moore, Ms, Mary Moore, Mrs, Ruth Morrison, Mr., Frank Morrow, Mrs, Lettie Mullarkey, Mr, John Nolan, Mrs, Elizabeth Noone, Mr, Henry O'Brien, Mrs., Catherine O'Brien, Mr, John O'Carroll, Mr, L.J. O'Flaherty, Mrs, Julia O'Gorman, Mr, Martin O'Grady, Ms., Mary O'Grady-Walshe, Dr, Ann O'Keefe, Sr., John Marie O'Keefe, Mrs, Teresa O'Neill, Ms., Catherine S O'Reilly, Mr, Denis O'Sullivan, Ms, Ann Owens, Ms, Edel Parker, Mrs, Rosalie Partridge, Mr, Philip Phibbs, Ms., Marie Pierce, Mrs, Agnes T. Potterton, Mr. & Mrs, D & H Power, Dr., Camillus K Poynter, Mrs, Sylvia Pratt, Mrs, Nora Patricia Rafter, Mr, Charles Rooney, Mr, Joseph A. Rufli, Mrs, Elizabeth Rumball, Mr & Mrs, Ronald William Russell, Mrs, Ina Ryan, Ms, Doreen Scales, Ms, Patricia Scanlon, Mr, Cecil Sinclair, Mr, James N. Smyth, Mrs, Ann Staunton, Mr, Nicholas Sullivan, Mr, C. St.J. Symes, Mr, Glascott Tanner, Mrs, Eileen Thompson, Mrs, Mabel H. Thompson, Mr & Mrs, Matthew & Noreen Turner, Mrs, Sarah Wafer, Mrs, Mary Walsh, Mrs, Anastasia Ward, Mrs., Phyllis Waring, Mr, Frank Warren, Mr & Mrs, C & M Waterman, Mrs, Doris Wharton, Mrs, Vivian White, Mr & Mrs, Robert & Josephine Wilson, Mrs & Mr., Marion & Robin Woodridge, Mrs, Margaret Woods, Mr, Thomas Workman, Rev. & Mrs., David A. Young, Ms., Mary March Addie, Mrs, Joan Allen, Miss, Kathleen Bacon, Mr, William Beattie, Ms, Gladys Jean Boland, Mr & Mrs, Michael & Mary Brewster, Mrs, Elizabeth Brickley, Mr, Michael Byrne, Ms, Betty Byrne, Ms, Carmel Byrne, Mrs, Jean Byrne, Ms, Mary Byron, Mrs, Alice Chadwick, Mr, G. Christie, Mr. & Mrs, R.V.S. Cleary, Mrs, Lucinda Colton, Mrs, Hilary Conway, Mr, Brendan Cooper, Mrs, Ellen Crawford, Mr, James Cruise, Mr & Mrs, Paul Dalzell, Ms, Pauline Dempsey, Mr, Ray Devlin, Mrs, Catherine Dooley, Mr & Mrs, P & E Dormer, Ms, P. Dover, Mrs, Anna M. Doyle, Mr, John Dunlop, Mrs, Olive Dunlop, Rev, Robert English, Mr, James Farrell, Ms, Eithne Fenelon, Mrs, Sylvia Flannery, Mrs, Margaret Foley, Mr, Patrick Fottrell, Ms, Gwen Gibbs, Mr., D.S. Gormley, Ms, Bridget Greevey, Mrs, Sheila Grehan, Mr, John Hampton, Mrs, Marjorie Hart, Mr, Pat Harte, Mrs, Heather Heather, Mr & Mrs, R & J Heffernan, Mrs, Anne Hourie, Mr & Mrs, Desmond & Rachel Howe, Mrs, Margaret A. Hunt, Rev, B.A. Jenkinson, Mr, Neville Kane, Miss, I. Kavanagh, Mr, James Kelly, Miss, Josephine Kermode, Mrs, Leila Larminie, Ms, Margaret Lewis, Mr & Mrs, Sam & Noelle Mason, Mrs, Wendy McCarthy, Ms., Eilleen McCoy, Mr., John McDowell, Dr, Carlos McGuigan, Mrs, Evelyn Mearns, Mrs, Margaret Meehan, Mr, Albert Morrow, Ms, Anne Moulton, Mr, John Neilson, Mrs, Cecily Nelson, Mr, M.D. Nolan, Mr, Gerard O'Brien, Mr, Kevin O'Doherty, Mrs, Mary O'Toole, Mr & Mrs, Augustine & Eileen Orr, Dr, Deborah Osram, Mr, Evans Paul, Mrs, Susan Poff, Mr & Mrs, Gordon Proby, Mrs, Gloria Rawlins, Mr & Mrs, Thomas & Maura Roberts, Mrs, June Ryan, Mr, Matthew Scanlon, Mr, R. Sheridan, Mrs., Valerie Sherwood, Mrs, Heather Sisson, Dr, Lynda Slevin, Mr, Frank Smythe, Mr, Ernest Spoor, Mrs, Winifred Steed, Mrs, Johanna Stone, Mr, John William Stuart, Mrs, June Taylor, Mr & Mrs, D.J.M. Thompson, Mrs, Betty Toner, Mr, James Traynor, Mrs, Veronica Walmsley-Marum, Mrs, Maureen Walsh-Kemmis, Mrs, Ann Weldon, Mr. & Mrs., Bruce & Diana Wells, Mr, William Edward White Spunner, Rev, Janet Whitley, Ms, Caroline Wilkinson, Mrs, Brigid Willis, Ms, Geraldine Willoughby, Miss, Iris Windsor, Mrs, Eileen Wright, Mrs, Aileen Wynne, Ms, Mary April Beere, Ms, Joyce Brooks, Mr. and Mrs, M & H Brooks, Mr, Maurice Butler, Mr & Mrs, P.A. Codd, Mr, Ricard Peter Duff, Mrs, Catherine Falkiner, Mrs, Margaret Forbes, Mrs, June Foxton, Mrs, Emily Fraser, Mrs, Caroline Harper, Mr & Mrs, Samuel & Lilia Heard, Mrs, Ruth Hughes, Mr & Mrs, Denise & Ivan Huston, Mrs, Gilllian Hyde, Mrs, Lex Johnson, Ven., Stanley King, Mrs, Valerie McCurdy, Mrs, Lorna P. McDonnell, Ms, Mary McHugh, Mrs, Ann McKim, Mrs, Louie Meredith, Mrs, Delma Miller, Mrs, Reba Morrow, Mr, James Morton, Mrs, Iris Nolan, Mr & Mrs, Arthur O'Toole, Mr & Mrs, David Parkes, Mr. & Mrs., Andrew & Delyth Reed, Canon, Robert C. Sandall, Mrs, Vicki Sherwood, Rev, Nigel Shields, Mr, Peter Stewart, Mrs, Norma Stone, Mrs, Beryl Thompson, Mrs, Joyce Yates, Ms, Freda May Ardis, Rev, E.G. Armstrong, Mr & Mrs, Andrew Blakeney, Mrs, Hilary Boyd, Ms, Margery Bruton, Mrs, Joan Burkitt, Dr, Robin Burns, Mrs, Joy Carroll, Mrs, Rachel Clothier, Mrs, G. Coman, Mr, Patrick Coote, Mrs, Joan Creggy, Mr & Mrs, Duffy, Mrs, Rita Forster, Mrs, Susan Foxall, Mrs, Elizabeth Graham, Mr, Alan Gunnery, Ms, Elizabeth Healey, Ms, Elizabeth Alma Heaslip, Mrs, Susan Heather, Mr & Mrs, Graham Hickey, Mr, Christopher Hilliard, Mr, J.R.F. Hillis, Mrs, Dorothy E Keeley, Mrs, Audrey Kerr, Ms, Marion Lennon, Mrs, Michelle Mawhinney, Mr & Mrs, Ken & Joy Maybury, Mr, Kenneth A. Miller, Mrs, Jean Morrow, Dr & Mrs, Brian & Heather Naismith, Mrs, Olwen O'Connell, Mr, Maurice Reid, Mrs, Sarah C. Rowan, Mrs, Joy Thorpe, Mr & Mrs, W.R. Walpole, Ms, Esme Ward, Mrs, Linda Wilkinson, Ms, Judith Wilson, Mr & Mrs, Harry & Olive Wilson-Wright, Mr, J.M. June Allen, Mrs, M. Diana Appleyard, Mrs, Louisa Barden, Ms, Patricia Beatty, Mr, Arthur Bell, Mr & Mrs, Alan Bell, Mrs, Mona Bonham, Mrs, Amanda Burgess, Mr & Mrs, Harold Cahalan, Mr, Denis Clarke, Mrs, Ivy Clarke, Mrs, Ruth Coard, Mrs, Carole Comerford, Mrs, Eileen Cornish-Brown, Ms, Deirdre Cox, Mrs, Gertrude Cox, Mr & Mrs, Michael & Marie Donaghy, Mrs, Marjorie Farrar, Mrs, Sydna Foley, Mrs, H.G. Frith, Mrs, Patricia Gillis, Mrs, Beryl Glynne, Ms, Sharon Gough, Mrs, M.G. Grantham, Mr. & Mrs., P & H Hamill, Miss, Deirdre Heinzl, Mrs, Olwyn Heminway, Mr, John Heneghan, Mr, Brendan Higgins, Mrs, Florence Hilliard, Mrs, Sheila Jackson, Ms, Fiona Jeffers, Dr, Michael Kidd, Mrs, Polly Macauley, Mrs, Jennifer Marmelstein, Ms, Myriam McKay, Dr, Paula McLaughlin, Mrs, Henrietta Mitchell, Mrs, A.M. Moore, Miss, R. Mr D Meredith, Ms, C Hughes & O'Neill, Mrs, Sheila Payne, Ms, Dymphna E. Pickering, Rev, John A. Quinlan, Ms, Brigid Roddie, Rev, Robin Seawright, Mrs, Joy Seymour, Mr, Derek Simpson, Mrs, Sylvia Stephens, Mr, Thomas Taylor, Mrs, Agnes Taylor, Mrs, Judy Tong, Mr, Alex N. Wharton, Rev, Gilllian Windsleigh, Mrs, Hilary July Adams, Sr, Valerie Beggs, Mrs, P. Evelyn Botha, Mr & Mrs, J.M.G. Brady, Ms, Fiona Brady, Mr & Mrs, P & H Cahill, Miss, Hannah Camp, Mr, John Clarke, Mr & Mrs, George & Rosemary Fleming, Dr, Malcolm Forsythe, Mrs, Hilda Groake-Cockburn, Mrs, Anna Hodges, Ms, Vera C. Merrey, Mr & Mrs, Geoffrey & Sheila Moore, Mrs, Anne Moore, Mrs, Eileen Perdue, Mr, Hugo Salter, Mrs, Marjorie Thompson, Mr, Alexander Treacy, Mr & Mrs, William Tyrell, Ms., Margaret August Bewley, Ms, Dorothy Binnie, Ms, Jean Cotton, Mr & Mrs, T. & G. Meredith, Mr D & Hughes Ms C Dagg, Mr & Mrs, Noel & Iris Driver, Mr, Fred Harrison and Family, Mr/Ms, S Hughes, Mr, William Ingram, Mr, William A. Jackson, Mr & Mrs, F & H Kellett, Miss, Susan MacLachlan, Mr, J.B. McCloghry, Mrs, Irene McIlwaine, Mrs, Elsie O'Brien, Ms, Annie Pakenham-Walsh, Mrs, Frances Pope, Mrs, Mairead Prentice, Mr, Cecil E. Rue, Mrs, Lesley Ruttle, Mr, James V. White, Mrs, Maud Whyte, Mrs, Phyllis September Adamson, Ms, Margaret Andrews, Mrs, Rosalie Baker, Prof, K.P. Besanson, Mrs, Naomi Boake, Mrs, C.P. Bower, Ms, Bertha Boyd, Mr & Mrs, E.C. Bradshaw, Mrs, Victoria Brangan, Dr, John Caplin, Mrs, Frances Davidson, Mrs, Frances Deacon, Mrs, Gilllian Douglas, Ms, Marjory R. Dowse, Mrs, Margaret Eagar, Mr & Mrs, George & Sheila Finnamore, Ms, Clarice M Fisher, Rev, John B. Gardiner, Mrs, Nicola Gillatt, Ms, Avril Glenn, Ms, Olive Goodbody, Mrs, Anthea Greenlee, Ms., Sheila Howe, Dr, Alison Kenny, Mrs, E. Amy Macdougald, Dr, J Marks, Mr & Mrs, John F. McCracken, Mrs, Eileen McGloughlin, Dr & Mrs, Alan & Elizabeth O'Dwyer, Ms., Karen Overend, Mrs, Margaret Powell, Mr & Mrs, Stephen & June Ryan, Mrs, Anne Saul, Ms, Patricia June Scott, Mrs, Bonita Sherwood, Mrs, Hazel Skuce, Dr & Mrs, Alan & Edith Sowman, Ms, Jennifer Stewart, Mrs, Ruve Strunz, Mrs, Norah Thompson, Mrs, Hope Thompson, Miss, Phyllis H. Warner, Mrs, Lelia Willoughby, Mr, W.C. Winslow, Mrs, Phyllis October Algeo, Mrs, Heather Andrews, Mr & Mrs, Leslie & Iris Aplin, Mr, W.N. Ardmone, Mrs, Patricia Armstrong, Miss, Florence Blackwell, Mrs, Meriel Brabazon, Mrs, Doreen Bradley, Mr & Mrs, Brendan & Pamela Brockett, Mrs, Doris Nevin Brookes, Mrs, Olga Budd, Hon Justice, Declan Burnham, Dr & Mrs, W.R. Byrne, Mrs, E. Patricia Byrne, Rev, Roy Cahill, Mrs, D. Caird, Mrs, Hazel Cardy, Mrs, Elizabeth Carroll, Mrs, Avril Cockrill, Miss, L. Cole, Mrs, Elizabeth Collier, Mr & Mrs, George & Irene Comiskey, Mr & Mrs, Don Cox, Mr & Ms, B & J Darling, Dr, Michael Dart, Mrs, Rosanna Daunt, Mrs, C. Ruth Davidson, Mrs, M.F. Dawson, Ms, Sylvia De Courcy-Wheeler, Mr, Cecil Donald, Mrs, Elizabeth W. Doran, Ms, Elizabeth Durack, Mr, Michael Elliott, Mr & Mrs, R.B. Fallon, Mr & Mrs, Cecil & Irene Farrugia, Mrs, Rosemary Fennell, Ms, Audrey Findlater, Mr, Alex French, Mr, Ian Fulcher, Miss, A. Elfrida Gibson, Mrs, Alice Gibson Brabazon, Ms, Doreen Gillespie, Prof, W.A. Gilmore, Mrs, Winnie Glanville, Mrs, Deirdre Glynne, Ms, Yvonne Goodbody, Mr, Donald Graham, Mrs, Hazel Gray Stack, Rev, Martha Griffin, Mrs, Margaret Griffin, The Very Rev, Victor Hanbridge, Mrs, Rosemary Harris, Mr & Mrs, Gay Haskins, Mrs, Kay Haviz, Mr, John Higgin, Mrs, Marilyn Hildebrand, Mrs, Iris Hodgins, Mrs, Joan Howe, Mrs, Hazel J.R. Hunt, Mr & Mrs, Eric & Joan Hunt, Mr, Ken Irwin, Mrs, Charlotte E. Jackson, Mrs, B.C. Jamieson, Rev, J. Trevor Jeffers, Mrs, Gertrude Johnson, Mrs, Benita Johnston, Mrs, Gladys Kidd, Mrs, Jean Kilpatrick, Mrs, Rhoda King, Mrs, Doreen Knowles, Mrs, Mary Lane, Mr & Mrs, Anthony & Daphne Lawrence, Mrs, Eileen Lee, Prof & Mrs, C & H Lee, Mrs, Elizabeth Lee, Mrs, Hanna M. Levistone Cooney, Rev, D.A. Loane, Mrs, Hylda Lougheed, Rev. Canon, B.F.B. Luce, Mrs, Eveleen A. MacDermott, Mrs, Janet MacNab, Mrs, Ida Marsden, Miss, Joy May, Mrs, Judith McBain, Mr. & Mrs., Eileen & Tom McBride, Mrs, Betty McCarthy Morrough, Mr & Mrs, Keith McElhinney, Rev, R. Ivan McFarlane, Mrs, Helen McKeever, Mrs, Janet E. McQueston, Mrs, Roslyn Mercer, Dr & Mrs, J.P. Meredith, Mrs, Janet Miley, Mr, Terence Millington, Mr, Synge Montgomery, Mr & Mrs, Robin & Anthea Mullan, Rev, David Neill M.A., Rt. Rev, J Niblock, Mrs, Olive Nolan, Mrs, Iris Northridge, Rev. Canon, Aubrey H. O'Donovan, Mrs, Sally O'Keefe, Mr & Mrs, Albert O'Morchoe, Mr & Mrs, Kevin Page, Mr, Nicholas Park, Mrs, Amanda Parkes, Ms, Susan Pattison, Mrs, Dorothy Penney, Mrs, Muriel Pierpoint, Mrs, Denise Preston, Mr, John H. Richardson, Mrs, Dorothy Rolston, Mrs, Doris Ross, Senator, Shane Roundtree, Mrs, Lily Rountree, Mr, Richard Roycroft, Mrs, Irene Ruddock, Miss, Gladys Russell, Mrs, Dorothy Rutherfoord, Miss, A.L. Rutherford, Mr, William Shekelton, Mrs, Anne Shekelton, Mrs, Vera Sibley, Mr, George Simpson, Ms, Vida F. Smith, Mrs, Diana M. Smith, Mrs, Sophie Stanley, Mrs, Margaret Stephenson, Mrs, Sarah Stevenson, Rev, Christopher J. Stokes, Rev, Albert E. Stokes, Mrs, Caroline Stone, Mrs, F.M. Stratford, Ms, Violet Symons, Mr & Mrs, Edward Taylor, Dr, Derek Temple, Mr & Mrs, H.L. Tottenham, Ms, Elizabeth Trayer, Mrs, Patricia Tully, Mrs, Joy Varian, Mr & Mrs, Peter & Edith Vincent, Mr & Mrs, Berkeley Weir, Dr & Mrs, Hugh W.L. West, Rev, Cecily White, Mrs, M.E. Whiteside, Mrs, Emmaline Whiteside, Mrs, Lesley Witchell, Mrs, Heather Withrington, Mrs, Josephine E. Wormell, Mrs, Daphne November Allen, Mrs, Myrtle Ashe, Mrs, Fiona Atock, Mr & Mrs, Alex Best, Mrs, A. Blackmore, Mr & Mrs, Kenneth & Joan Bradshaw, Rev, Thomas Alfred Bunting, , M.I. Christie, Mr. & Mrs., C & K Commiskey, Mrs, Florence Conden, Dr, Leonard Corrigan, Ven. & Mrs., T.G. & M Denner, Mrs, Jean Despard, Rev, E.H. Dowd, Rev, Gary Dowse, Rev, John W. Findlater, Ms, E.D.M. Forsyth, Mr & Mrs, T.H. Fry, Mrs, A.P. Jones, Mr & Mrs, Eric & Elizabeth Lynas, Very Rev, N.N. McConnell, Mr & Mrs, Richard & Sheila McCormack, Dr, Brendan Milne, Mr & Mrs, Gordon & Sue Morgan, Mrs, Daphne Myerscough, Mr. & Mrs., R. & M. Pierpoint, Rev, David Purser, Dr & Mrs, M & H Speers, Mr, Hiram Storey, Mrs, Suzanne Taylor, Mrs, Nina Thompson, Mrs, Margaret Toler-Aylward, Miss, M Tutty, Mrs, Jane December Armstrong, Mrs, E.M. Bailey, Mr & Mrs, John & Mary Bain, Rev, Des Bayly, Rev, S.N.M. Booth, Mr, E. Michael Broad, Mr, Ian Brooks, Mr, Trevor Cooke, Ms, Grace Duggan, Mrs., M. Dunphy, Mr, Sean Farrar, Canon & Mrs, J. & M. Foot, Mr, H.D Gibson, Mr, Jim Greenham, Miss, C. Grehan, Mr, Michael Hanna, Mrs, Valerie Heney, Rev. Canon, W.B. Hudson, Canon & Mrs, Thomas George James, Mr & Mrs, Neville & Gloria Judge, Mrs, Grania Kingston, Miss, L. Long, Rev, Kingsley E. Mahaffy, Mrs, Jessie Sophia Nuzum, Rev, Daniel Ormston, Mrs, Beatrice Preston, Mr, Desmond Roe, Mrs, Olwen Simpson, Mr, Derek Stirling, Mr & Mrs, Geoffrey & Priscilla The Most Revd Walton Empey, Archbishop of Dublin and President of the Adelaide and Meath Hospital Dublin, incorporating the National Children's Hospital, addresses the Adelaide Hospital Society

Subscribers

Co Antrim

All Saints' Parish, Antrim	£100.00
Belfast Cathedral 'Sitout for Charities'	£1,500.00
Holy Trinity Church, Portrush, Co. Antrim	£30.00
Parish of Malone	£100.00
St. Michael's Parish Church, Belfast	£20.00
St. Paul's Church	£100.00
St. Paul's Parish Church	£100.00

Co Armagh

Christ Church & St. Andrews, Deriaghy

£550.00

Co Carlow

Cloydagh Parish, Carlow	£100.00
Fennell, Mr. R.	£50.00
Killedmond Parish, Carlow	£17.94
Leighlin Group of Parishes	£150.00
Lorum Church	£29.70
Nurney Parish	£26.00
St. Columba's Parish Church, Tullow	£100.00
St. Mary's Church, Bagnalstown	£52.90
St. Mary's Church, Rathvilly, Co. Carlow	£30.00

Co Cavan

Ballyconnell L.O.L.	£60.00
Ballyjamesduff Parish Church	£30.00
Billyhill L.O.L.	£75.00
Kildrumferton Parish	£100.00
Moore, Ms. Mary	£20.00
St. John's Church, Cloverhill	£75.00

Co Cork

Bandon Union of Parishes

£100.00

Co Donegal

Donegal Group of Parishes	£680.00
Donegal Presbyterian Church	£301.52
Holy Trinity Parish Church, Dunfanaghy	£75.00
Laghey Parish Church	£210.00
Lindsay, Mrs. Martha	£30.00
Parishes of Inver and Mountcharles,	£150.00
Parishes of Stranorlar & Meenglass	£80.00
Shields, Mr, Peter	£40.00
St. Johnston Presbyterian Church	£100.00
St. Peter's Church, Killaghtee	£103.40

Co Down

Coronation Temperance	£155.55
Kilhorne Parish Church	£30.00
Luther L.O.L.	£25.00
St. Mary's Parish Church, Comber	£100.00

Co Dublin

A&L Goodbody, Solicitors	£500.00
Abbey Street Methodist Church	£112.11
Baskin, Miss, Mena	£95.00
Bates, Mrs, Ellen	£3,000.00
Beauchamps Solicitors	£250.00
Bloxham, Mr, John E (In memory of Mr. Robert Spendlove)	£25.00
Bradbury, Miss, D.F.	£50.00
Brennan, Mrs, Ita	£124.00
Burch, Mrs, E	£20.00
Christ Church (with Mariners), Dun	£125.00
Clondalkin & Rathcoole Church of Ireland	£100.00
Clontarf Parish Church	£200.00
Collins, Miss, Marie	£20.00
Cooke, Ms., Joan (In memory of Mr. Robert Spendlove)	£20.00
Cornish, Mrs., Doris I.	£100.00
Crosby, Mrs, Lewis	£100.00
Doran, Ms, Mary	£50.00
Dublin & Wicklow LOL	£105.00
Dublin Conservative Club	£100.00
Dun Laoghaire Presbyterian Church	£187.36
Earl, Mrs, Aphra	£20.00
Harold's Cross Parish Church	£600.00
Hayden, Mrs. P	£25.00
Holy Trinity Church, Rathmines	£250.00
Irishtown Gospel Hall	£200.00
Jackson, Mr & Mrs, O & S (In Memory of Mr. Robert Spendlove)	£45.00
Joyce, Mrs. M.	£20.00
Keane, Mr., Tony	£200.00
Keeling, Ms, Esther	£50.00
Kilternan Parish Church	£250.00
Lawlor, Ms, Barbara	£200.00
Meehan, Mr, Albert	£20.00
Mrs. Ms, Patricia	£150.00
O'Brien, Mrs, M (In Memory of Mr. Michael O'Brien)	£40.00
O'Maolchoille, Mr, Daithi (In memory of Mr. R. Spendlove)	£25.00
Order of the Friendly Brothers of St. Patrick	£50.00
Ormond Quay and Scots Presbyterian	£50.00
O'Sullivan, Mr & Mrs, Thomas	£10.00
Parish of St George & St Thomas	£100.00
Parish of Taney, Dundrum	£300.00
Prescott, Ms, Ethel	£25.00
Rathfarnham Parish Church	£500.00
Rathgar Methodist Church	£100.00
Reid, Mrs., Alice (In Memory of Mrs. Ada Boles)	£100.00
Richardson, Mrs, Doreen	£75.00
Ryan, Mr, Mathew	£20.00
Shea, Ms, Wendy (In memory of Mrs. Frieda Shea)	£80.00
Smith, Mr, Thomas	£100.00
Spendlove, Mr & Mrs, T & M (In memory of Mr. Robert Spendlove)	£185.00
Spoor, Mrs, Winifred	£25.00
St Maelruain's Parish, Tallaght	£115.00
St. George's Parish, Balbriggan	£40.00
St. Mary's Church, Crumlin	£100.00
St. Patrick's Church, Dalkey	£100.00
St. Paul's Church, Glenageary	£200.00
St. Thomas' Parish, Mount Merrion	£500.00
The Girls Brigade	£264.00
Thompson, Ms, Margaret	£20.00
United Parish of Malahide, Portmarnock	£150.00
Ward, Mrs., Phyllis	£20.00
Wisdom, Mrs. D	£10.00
Woods, Mr, Thomas	£25.00
Zion Church	£100.00

Co Fermanagh

Cleenish Parish

£20.00

Co Galway

Omey Union of Parishes

£250.00

Co Kildare

Stradbally Union of Parishes	£140.00
Newbridge Union of Parishes	£50.00

Co Kilkenny

St. Canice's Cathedral

£150.00

Co Laois

Abbeyleix Union of Parishes	£100.00
Maher, Ms., Mary T.	£5.00
Mountmellick Presbyterian Church	£66.10
Parish of Portarlington Union	£50.00
Parish of Rathdowney Union	£400.00

Co Leitrim

St. Mary's Parish Church, Mohill

£60.00

Co Limerick

Adare/Kilmallock Group of Parishes

£100.00

Co Longford

Edgeworthstown Mothers Union	£60.00
Edgeworthstown Parish	£32.50
Forster, Mrs, Susan	£10.00
Kilashee & Ballymacormack Parish	£75.00
St. John's Church, Ballinalee	£125.50
Tashinney Church	£60.00

Co Louth

Carlingford Presbyterian Church

£15.00

Co Mayo

Killala Presbyterian Church

£50.00

Co Meath

Dunboyne Union of Parishes	£100.00
Kells Union of Parishes	£265.00
St. Mary's Church, Navan	£100.00

Co Monaghan

First Ballybay Presbyterian Church	£40.00
Gibson, Mr. Noel J.	£30.00
St. Patrick's Church	£220.00

Co Offaly

Lockeen Church	£50.00
Tullamore Union of Parishes	£100.00

Co Roscommon

Kiltullagh Parish Church, Ballinlough

£84.00

Co Sligo

Kilglass Church	£30.00
Kilmacshangan Parish	£50.00
Monds, Mrs, Celia	£100.00
Rosses Point Church of Ireland	£150.00
Skreen Select Vestry	£100.00
St. George's Church, Tubbercurry	£25.00
Sweetnam, Mrs, Hazel (In memory of Mr. & Mrs. Winn)	£20.00

Co Tipperary

St. Mary's Parish, Templemore	£355.33
Thurles Church of Ireland	£135.10

Co Tyrone

Barr L.O.L.	£82.50
Walker Club, Gorestown Branch	£50.00
Parish of Camus-Juxta-Mourne, Christ	£100.00
Pomeroy District LOL	£150.00

Co. Waterford

Stradbally Union of Parishes	£180.00
Christ Church Cathedral	£150.00

Co Westmeath

Cahill, Mrs, Hannah	£50.00
Mullingar Presbyterian Church	£20.00

Co Wexford

Christ Church, Gorey	£150.00
Enniscorthy/Monart Union of Parishes	£45.00
Lane, Mr & Mrs, Anthony & Daphne	£15.00
Parish of Enniscorthy	£45.00
Spendlove, Mr & Mrs, T & B (In memory of Mr. Robert Spendlove)	£20.00

Co Wicklow

Arklow Presbyterian Church	£100.00
Baltinglass Group of Parishes	£75.18
Donoughmore & Donard Parish	£100.00
Killiskey Parish	£50.00
Mullinacuffe Parish	£140.82
St. John the Baptist Church, Baltinglass	£20.00
St. Mary's Church, Blessington	£20.00
St.Patrick's Church, Greystones	£100.00
Wicklow Parish Church	£10.00

Elsewhere

Sweeney, Ms Catherine

£200.00

 

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Summary of Hospital Patients

Day-Care Patients

12,740	Adults
3,850	Children

Outpatients Attendance

89,916	Adults
23,531	Children

In-Patients Discharged

11,346	Adults
837	Adults Psychiatric Patients
4,825	Children

Accident & Emergency

45,372	Adults of which 6,162 admitted
25,284	Children of which 3,703 admitted

Laboratory Requests

456,733

The Hospital net expenditure on patient related services in 2000 was IR£93 million

 

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