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Wexford council have ordered the HSE to fix "old hospital roof"

  • 01-05-2014 05:14PM
    #1
    Snake
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,844 ✭✭✭


    The county council have demanded that wexford general repair the roof of the old hospital which was used mainly for surgery for the entire wexford county, which has since been closed down in 1990. The fix will cost 1-2 MILLION euro, which will have to be taken from the HSEs building fund, money which could be used to fix up the current hospital. Why don't they knock it down, sure? Well because it's listed as a national landmark and is therefore exempt from demolishment.


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  • #2
    Menas
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,318 ✭✭✭✭Menas


    The government have an obligation to stick to the rules about protected buildings....same as the rest of us.


  • #3
    kneemos
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,693 ✭✭✭✭kneemos


    Heritage ain't cheap.


  • #4
    Lapin
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 18,184 ✭✭✭✭Lapin


    Why don't they just sell it ?

    Even if they only sold it for a euro it would save them a couple of million in repair costs and some private buyer could turn it into something useful.

    Having said that, I don't know where abouts the building is and what potential it may have.

    But it would be a shame to let it fall into disrepair if it is a protected building.


  • #5
    mikom
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,391 ✭✭✭✭mikom


    retrogamefan wrote: »
    The county council have demanded that wexford general repair the roof of the old hospital which was used mainly for surgery for the entire wexford county, which has since been closed down in 1990. The fix will cost 1-2 MILLION euro, which will have to be taken from the HSEs building fund, money which could be used to fix up the current hospital. Why don't they knock it down, sure? Well because it's listed as a national landmark and is therefore exempt from demolishment.

    I'm prepared to forego my kidney stone operation so that the roof of the ghost hospital can be repaired......


  • #6
    Snake
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,844 ✭✭✭Snake


    mikom wrote: »
    I'm prepared to forego my kidney stone operation so that the roof of the ghost hospital can be repaired......

    Are you prepared to be in the care of semi professional interns who don't the right equipment because the government chose to protect a hospital that hasn't been used in 25 years?


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  • #7
    Snake
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,844 ✭✭✭Snake


    Lapin wrote: »
    Why don't they just sell it ?

    Even if they only sold it for a euro it would save them a couple of million in repair costs and some private buyer could turn it into something useful.

    Having said that, I don't know where abouts the building is and what potential it may have.

    But it would be a shame to let it fall into disrepair if it is a protected building.

    Be that as it may, using funds that can upgrade the hospital that's used now, as opposed to a hospital that hadn't been touched in over 20 years, is ridiculous. Yes, they should sell it, but if it's been demanded for repairs, the buyer would need the money to fix it the roof, and not many would be interested, really.


  • #8
    mikom
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,391 ✭✭✭✭mikom


    retrogamefan wrote: »
    Are you prepared to be in the care of semi professional interns who don't the right equipment because the government chose to protect a hospital that hasn't been used in 25 years?

    Depends.......... are we talking slates or torch-on felt here?


  • #9
    Snake
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,844 ✭✭✭Snake


    Trigger Happy wrote: »
    The government have an obligation to stick to the rules about protected buildings....same as the rest of us.

    But when those rules interfere with the quality of care the hospital can offer, the rule should be voided. Obviously a landmark like it, would be a loss to the county but I'd rather lose a building than have a hospital lose lives because it wasted money that could've been used to upgrade their potential care system.


  • #10
    JuliusCaesar
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,887 ✭✭✭JuliusCaesar


    Why didn't the HSE hand it over to the OPW like many another national monument? Probably due to their own inefficiency. Sure if we just ignore the problem, it'll go away, seems to be the prevailing attitude.


  • #11
    Snake
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,844 ✭✭✭Snake


    mikom wrote: »
    Depends.......... are we talking slates or torch-on felt here?

    Stainless steel paring knives. From dunnes stores Swiss collection ;) but don't let it unsettle you.... The handles a nice orange colour.


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  • #12
    mikom
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,391 ✭✭✭✭mikom


    retrogamefan wrote: »
    Stainless steel paring knives. From dunnes stores Swiss collection ;) but don't let it unsettle you.... The handles a nice orange colour.

    Orange you say....... good............ harder to loose them and sew them up inside a patient.


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