The Health Service Executive is planning to change the name of Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda, the flagship hospital of the North East region.
#savethelourdes
The Lourdes Hospital is part of Drogheda's history, founded in 1957 by Mother Mary Martin and the Medical Missionaries of Mary when state intervention in healthcare was virtually non-existent.
It is the biggest employer in Drogheda and has provided healthcare and treatment to generations of Drogheda's men, women and children.
Changing the name will cost a significant amount of money at a time when the HSE is refusing to fund essential services in the Lourdes, like a second X-Ray room in the Emergency Department.
Let's save Our Lady of Lourdes from being re-named and with it a part of Drogheda's history we can all be proud of.
