About CHI at Crumlin
CHI at Crumlin (formerly Our Lady’s Children’s Hospital, Crumlin) was founded in 1956 and, since that time, has been dedicated to looking after children, adolescents and young people who need their help and finding new and better ways to treat sick children.
CHI at Crumlin is an acute hospital and is Ireland’s largest children’s hospital. It is also the national centre for a range of specialities including:
- Childhood cancers and blood disorders
- Paediatric congenital heart and lung diseases
- Major burns
- Cystic Fibrosis
- Clinical Genetics
- Rheumatology
CHI at Crumlin receives more than 150,000 patient visitors every year – caring for children from all over Ireland. There are thirty-five different clinical specialties in the hospital.
CHI at Crumlin has a long and proud history of educating children’s nurses. Each year, almost 400 nursing students undertake clinical placements in the hospital. These nurses come from Universities all over Ireland, the UK and EU. CHI at Crumlin also plays a leading role in training paediatric doctors and health care professionals including; physiotherapists, dieticians, laboratory scientists, medical social workers, orthoptists, occupational therapists, radiographers, speech and language therapists and physiologists.