The Adelaide and Meath Hospital, incorporating the National Children's Hospital (

Abstract

The Adelaide and Meath Hospital, incorporating the National Children's Hospital, ("AMINCH") is established under a Charter as amended by an Order passed by both houses of the Oireachtas in July 1996. AMINCH came into being on I August 1996. AMINCH reflects the merger of the three separate entities of the Adelaide Hospital. the Meath Hospital and the National Children's Hospital, each of which had in its own right a long tradition of providing hospital services in the Dublin area. AMINCH has operated from the new hospital in Tallaght since 21 June 1998. The Charter under which AMINCH is established is derived from the Charter of the former Adelaide Hospital. It sets down the religious character of the Hospital and provides for a multi-denominational and pluralist approach to the provision of services in the Hospital.