St Luke's Hospital has for fifty years played a very special role in the development and delivery of cancer services to patients throughout Ireland. In the past seven years, it has been transformed into a modern technologically advanced centre of excellence in oncology care, research, education and prevention. St Luke's is the primary national centre for radiotherapy treatment in Ireland. It has recently undergone a £30m refurbishment programme and now provides state of the art treatment in this field. Services are provided to over 4,500 patients annually. The rising number of radiotherapy treatments (80,000 in 2005) reflects both the demand on the service and the increased complexity of the treatment.
With a complement of 179 beds, the Hospital has four in-patient wards, a busy day unit and a five-day unit (Oakland Lodge), which facilitates independent patients receiving treatment. St. Luke’s is renowned for its highly skilled staff committed to delivering a high standard clinical care and rehabilitation services. Day in day every staff member play’s a role, both formally and informally, in supporting patients and their families. |
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St. Luke’s cares for and cures cancer patients not only at the hospital itself, but also through the establishment of cancer care programmes throughout Ireland. In addition to the St. Luke’s clinics around the country, St. Luke’s has strong links with all the Dublin academic teaching hospitals (The Beaumont, St Vincent’s, The Mater, and AMNCH
Hospital News update:
At present two brand new IGRT ready Linear Accelerators are being purchased to be clinical by the end of 2006.
Address: Radiotherapy Department, Highfield Road, Rathgar, Dublin 6, Ireland.
City Information:
The hospital is located in a leafy residential area of Dublin just 10 minutes south of the city center and 45 minutes from the airport. Dublin is a very vibrant and lively city, the home of Guinness and the real Irish “craic”(Gaelic for having a great time!) It has too many bars and restaurants to mention here and so much more information on the city can be obtained on line at www.dunblinsfaircity.com
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Radiotherapy Services Manager:
Ms Phil Sutton
Tel: 00353 1 406 5287
Email: philomena.sutton@slh.ie
Deputy Radiotherapy Services Manager:
Ms Maria Westhelle-Murphy
Radiation Therapist Research and Development Manager
Ms Evelyn O’Shea
Radiation Therapists:
13 Clinical Specialist Radiation therapists
43 Radiation Therapists
Equipment listing:2 Elekta SL series Dual Energy Linacs (6/15MV)
2 Elekta Precise Linacs (6MV)
2 Varian Clinac 2100 CD Dual Energy Linacs (6/10MV)
Theratron 780E Cobalt unit
Microselectron HDR Brachytherapy system
Selectron LDR Brachytherapy system
Gulmay Orthovoltage unit
SLS 38 Elekta Simulator
Varian Ximatron CDX Simulator
Oncentra Record and Verify system (VISIR)
Treatment Planning and Virtual Simulation Systems:
TMS 6.1A TPS (Nucletron/Helax)
OTP1.0 Anatomy modeling (Nucletron)
STP4 Virtuoso Stereotactic TPS
Plato Brachytherapy TPS
Imaging systems:
Digital fluoroscopic imaging suite
General X ray imaging suite
Siremobil Iso-C Portable unit
Tomoscan SR5000 CT scanner
SMV DSxi Gamma camera
Stereotactic Systems:
Leibinger Stereotactic Radiosurgery System
Specialities and techniques:
St Lukes is the only centre in Ireland that treats Paediatrics, TBI (children and adults) and Stereotactic Radiotherapy. The center strongly supports research and development and there are a number of Radiation therapists involved in research trials presently.There are also dieticians, physiotherapists, speech therapists and specialist nurses attached to the department.