The Rotunda Hospital

First visit to Rotunda hospital. Hard to evaluate correctly, but this is not an evaluation, this is Unilocalview, right? :)
My review wants to be very positive. As primary «client» of this institution was my missus, keep this in mind, as my experience is lesser than actual patients would have.
Hospital is very clean and reasonably quiet. Not as mush seats in waiting area as would be needed. Some people would end up standing.
Despite this, staff was extremely friendly, except one instance where had the scan taken. I went in there as well. The doctor obviously was rushing out to do her thing as there’re more patients waiting behind, but when I tried to as few questions several times I was ignored and interrupted by doctor bringing up something else to my wife. That was awkward. Maybe she didn’t like me being there?
Everything else was very smooth. At one stage during taking blood test samples and etc. nurse offered to take a quick tea break as there’d be a bit of a time span until next procedure/​test.
Here come warm words for cafeteria. Nice little area for decent snack. They had Subway style section. Options for pizzas, muffins, soup etc. Some teddy bears in blue and pink :)
I loved two entrances. Security guard informed me about near by car park (forgot name) that let’s you to park all day for only € 6! I spent like € 7 only for 3 – 4 hours on street parking!
Hospital has there own car parks, but during Monday to Friday they’re dedicated mostly to staff and I was told I could park there after 17:30. Weekends have different times.
This is pretty much it. Will update review later after some good half year ;)

I just went for a guided tour of the Rotunda Hospital Chapel and the guided tour was very good and interesting and I liked the history behind it, but as the Architectural Historian told us, the placement of the building is not great looking into the sides of ordinary brick-​house buildings. The exterior is strange looking and not my favorite but the chapel inside reveals some interesting history, where a protestant tries to make a chapel within protestant standards but he hires Catholics to do the job, which reveals a lot of different references to both Protestantism and Catholicism.
The added colors from the 1920’s is not my favorite thing in the chapel but the way the sculptures has been made and the controversial references. If you ever get the chance to attend a guided tour go do it. You also learn some interesting Irish history.

Navigating a new health care system for us Americans was an interesting experience. My GP recommended this place because we live on the North Side.
I am glad she did so because this is where we met the wonderful obgyn Dr Michael Geary. His office was super friendly and quickly arranged an appointment for us. He is super assuring for us first time parents, and it was at his office we found we are having twins!
If you are looking for an obgyn I would definitely go with him.

I was born here.
I feel like they did a pretty serviceable job of it, but I’m not sure I’d go back.

This is a maternity hospital and perhaps one of the most striking things about the place is all the pregnant women hanging around at the front door having a smoke. No joke. It is known for this. But I guess that’s not the fault of the hospital. They can hardly police what goes on outside the door. It’s a good hospital though, with a solid reputation for taking care of its mothers and babies.

Thankfully Enid Blighton seems to be out of fashion now, not because the books are unsuitable for children or badly written but because of the Famous Five and in particular the character ‘Uncle Quentin’. Why this seemingly insane problem with a perfectly harmless fictional character?
Because friends, I have just become Uncle Quentin, me, the real thing!, As of 2.35 Sunday morning I have a new niece — Roisin, she is tremendous!
We went to visit a proud mom and dad later on Sunday afternoon and were astonished at the level of security measures in the Hospital, no more than 2 visitors at a time and strictly enforced. Don’t bother to try to get them to bend the rules, it wont happen.
The hospital is clean and modern and has a relaxed atmosphere… so long as visitors and patients behave themselves, there is a feeling of strictness about the place which rather leads One to believe that if you put a foot out of place it would be gently but efficiently… er… removed.
Five stars!

The Rotunda Hospital officially was the first maternity hospital in Britain or Ireland and was at one point the largest in the world.
The hosiptal used to be totally dependent on fundraising so the design of the building was to aid that cause. There was the actual hospital and the social rooms, that is the Rotunda. James Gandon did some of the design. The Ambassador cinema and the Gate Theatre used to be part of it.