Site works begin on Mayo emergency unit expansion project

Preliminary site works have gone underway ahead of the proposed multi-million-euro extension to emergency unit at Mayo University Hospital.

It is expected to take a number of months to complete before construction work on the extension gets underway in mid-2025.

However it is a significant step in a long-awaited development in respect of acute medical care in the county.

The extension will provide additional patient cubicles including isolation facilities, gynaecology treatment suite and associated staff and clinical support facilities.

This extension will support full separation of adult and paediatric care.

There will also be significant improvement in streaming of patients and resuscitation facilities for critically unwell patient presenting to the hospital.

The ground floor also has a single story section to provide extra support accommodation for the emergency department.

The development includes a new ambulance entrance, with works carried out to the existing ambulance drop-off/set-down area providing increased emergency vehicle capacity.

There are multiple phases of works planned to deliver the project over the coming two to three years.