KENNY PAYS TRIBUTE TO OUR LADY OF MERCY COLLEGE FOR ALLOWING BEAUMONT HOSPITAL TO USE PITCH AS HELIPAD

Posted on February 4, 2013 5:38 PM   |   Permanent Link   

Dublin Bay North Labour Party TD Seán Kenny has paid tribute to Our Lady of Mercy College in Beaumont for providing the its football pitch for use as a helipad by Beaumont Hospital and other city centre hospitals.

"I understand that the new helipad to service Dublin hospitals will come into operation next month and that the football pitch at Our Lady of Mercy College in Beaumont will be used as a landing place for the helicopter air ambulance service."

"The helipad will reduce transport times for seriously ill patients needing treatment in Beaumont, the Mater and Temple Street. Beaumont is the National Centre for Neurosurgery and Renal and Cochlear Transplantation."

"The new helipad would have "significant benefits" for patients and I want to pay tribute to Our Lady of Mercy College for their extremely generous provision of their football pitch to Dublin in this way."