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The new sign outside the hospital.
A NEW sign has appeared in front of Kerry General Hospital confirming it has been renamed University Hospital Kerry or Ospidéal na hOllscoile, Ciarraí.
Minister for Health Leo Varadkar is due to visit the hospital on Friday to officially announce the name change.
Before Christmas, Minister Jimmy Deenihan, when turning the sod on the new Palliative Care Unit on the grounds, said that an official announcement of the proposal to rename the hospital will come in the new year.
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“I think that it is a good proposal,” said Minister Jimmy Deenihan at the time, “seeing as IT Tralee will be part of the Munster Technological University, it fits in.”
The hospital is also a training facility for nurses and is linked to UCC, so the Cork college’s logo also appears on the sign.
Minister for Health Leo Varadkar’s name change is an electoral sham.
I will not even say it is a cheap scam on the electorate of Kerry as the price of rebranding goes beyond just the cost of the signage to letterheads, website, consultation fees and so on?
It’s an insult to the electorate of Kerry.