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New therapy facilities for Ramsey and District Cottage Hospital

Tuesday, 29 July 2014

Thanks to the generous support of the Eric and Marion Scott Trust, and the Welfare Trustees of Ramsey Cottage Hospital, a new Physiotherapy and Occupational Therapy Unit has been developed at Ramsey and District Cottage Hospital, which was officially opened yesterday. 

The four Scott Trustees, who have been assisted with the project by the Ramsey Cottage Hospital Welfare Trustees, unveiled a stone plaque to mark the occasion.  The new Unit marks a further step in modernising the hospital environment for the benefit of patients. 

The new therapy facilities are the latest in a long line of improvements at Ramsey and District Cottage Hospital over recent years.  Previous projects have included: 

  • The complete redevelopment of the hospital’s inpatient facilities, resulting in a new state of the art single inpatient ward, generously funded by the Martin Trust, which opened in 2011
  • A new Wound Management and Podiatry Suite, kindly funded by the Ramsey and District Hospital League of Friends, which opened in 2013
  • The development of a new satellite Renal Dialysis Unit, which was also partly funded by the Eric and Marion Scott Trust with the aid of the Welfare Trustees and opened in 2013, doubling the Island’s dialysis capacity. 

Commenting on the new facilities Minister for Health and Social Care, Howard Quayle MHK, said:

'On behalf of the Department and the people of the Isle of Man I would like to extend my sincere thanks to the Scott Trustees and the Welfare Trustees for making this further redevelopment within Ramsey and District Cottage Hospital possible.  

'The Scott Trust’s first generous donation saw the development of the Island’s second renal dialysis facility here in Ramsey, which has just marked its first year in operation. During that time a staggering 1,400 dialysis sessions have been undertaken. That alone demonstrates the real and daily impact the donation from the Scott Trust is having on patient’s lives. I am certain that this new Physiotherapy and Occupational Therapy Unit will do the same.'

Being based in the same location will mean that the Physiotherapy and Occupational Therapy teams can work more closely together, enabling earlier intervention as staff are able to call on each other’s expertise to resolve issues quickly. 

Member for Health Services, Dudley Butt MLC, said:

'I would echo the Minister’s comments.  Over the past five years we have seen the wholesale transformation of Ramsey and District Cottage Hospital – to the extent that much of the hospital would be unrecognisable today to those who have not visited for some time.  The pace of change has only been possible thanks to generous donations from trusts and charities, each of which is clearly committed to enhancing health care for everyone in our community.'

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