“A means of restoring the health and preserving the lives of His Majesty's subjects”: Ireland's 18th-Century National Hospital System (2012)
Mullaney, Susan (Author)
Canadian Bulletin of Medical History/Bulletin Canadienne d'Histoire de la Medecine
Volume: 29, no. 2
Issue: 2
Pages: 223-242
In 1765, the Irish parliament enacted legislation that established a nationwide hospital network funded by a mixture of taxation and philanthropic donations. The county infirmaries had a similar ethos to the British and Irish voluntary hospitals; only those with an admission ticket were admitted. The legislation also regulated the qualifications of the County Infirmary Surgeons who were authorised to run the infirmaries. This was the first statutory nationwide network of care in Ireland. No other country in contemporary Europe passed similar legislation. The Irish parliamentarians and Charles Lucas in particular appear to have been the impetus for this innovative legislation. En 1765, le parlement Irlandais a promulgué une loi pour établir un système national d'hôpitaux, subventionné par des impôts d'une part et par des dons philanthropiques d'autre part. Les dispensaires de comté avaient un caractère semblable aux hôpitaux volontaires de l'Angleterre et d'Irlande. Seuls les malades munis d'un billet d'admission étaient admis. En même temps, cette loi a règlementée les compétences des chirurgiens des dispensaires de comté. C'était le premier réseau décrété par la loi en Irlande. Dans l'Europe du 18e siècle, l'Irlande était le seul état avec une telle loi. C'étaient les députés parlementaires Irlandais, dont notamment Charles Lucas, qui furent à la genèse de cette loi innovatrice.
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