Coombe Women and Infants University Hospital

Coombe Women and Infants University Hospital, also known as The Coombe Hospital, is a specialist maternity and neonatal facility located in Ireland. It provides a full range of obstetric, gynaecological and newborn care services, including routine deliveries, high‑risk pregnancy management and neonatal intensive care. As a university hospital, it is affiliated with a third‑level institution and delivers undergraduate and postgraduate medical education alongside clinical work. The hospital also engages in research activities aimed at improving maternal and infant health outcomes. Its patient population draws from the greater Dublin area and, for certain specialised services, from across the country. The institution operates as part of Ireland’s public health system.

The Coombe Hospital is recognised for its focus on women’s and infants’ health, serving as a tertiary referral centre for complex obstetric and neonatal cases within the national health service. Its distinguishing attributes include a dedicated neonatal intensive care unit, specialised fetal medicine services and a strong emphasis on family‑centred care. The hospital’s regulatory oversight falls under the Health Service Executive, which funds and governs its operations as a public acute hospital. While the prompt does not disclose specific size metrics such as bed count or staff numbers, the hospital’s role as a teaching and research centre underscores its importance in the Irish healthcare landscape. The ransomware incident of December 9 2021 highlighted the need for robust cybersecurity protections in health‑care settings, prompting a temporary lockdown of IT systems while clinical services continued. This event, though disruptive, did not affect the broader national healthcare network according to official statements.