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Beacon Medical Group (also known as BMG) is a private healthcare company based in Sandyford, Dublin, Ireland. BMG was founded in 2002 by cardiothoracic surgeon Professor Mark Redmond, Michael Cullen, and John Delaney. [1] [2]

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Beacon Medical Campus

BMG developed the Beacon Medical Campus, [3] which includes:

History

BMG was formed 2002 as a co-location venture between public and private hospitals. The Group won public tenders to build co-located private hospitals on the grounds of Beaumont Hospital in Dublin, Cork University Hospital, and University Hospital Limerick. [4] [5] [1] The Limerick facility was to be built by Sisk Group, while the Cork and Dublin hospitals were to be built by Ascon-Rohcon. BMG were to be owners and developers, while UPMC would manage and operate the hospitals. [6] [7] The co-location projects were expected to cost over €850m, providing approximately 1,000 new beds. The new hospitals would provide almost 6,000 full-time, permanent jobs and a further 4,600 construction jobs. [8]

BMG and Landmark Developments announced in 2008 plans to develop a 127-160 bed private combined maternity and children's hospital beside Beacon Hospital at a cost of approximately €160 million. The hospital was planned to provide paediatric, obstetric, and gynaecology services, delivering 3,000-5,000 babies per year. [9] [10] [11] [6] The Group expected to agree a service-level agreement with the Health Service Executive to allow access to the hospital by public patients. [11] Planning permission was granted in 2010. BMG expected the hospital to employ 450 people directly, with a further 650 ancillary hospital jobs, and 550 construction jobs. [12] Development of the hospital was halted by a blanket ban on development in the area, which was imposed by Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown County Council. [10]

Co-location projects were stalled by Vhi Healthcare's refusal to provide cover in the new hospitals. In April 2011, the contracts for the projects expired. [13] [14]

Beacon campus has more than 30 active research projects. From 2015 to 2022 more than 2'100 medical students have received training at the UCD Beacon Academy. [15]

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  2. ↑ "Beacon care to be 'exemplary' - Independent.ie". independent.ie. Retrieved 4 December 2016.
  3. ↑ "BMG". beaconmedicalgroup.ie. Retrieved 4 December 2016.
  4. ↑ "Limerick gets massive job boost - Limerick Leader". Archived from the original on 2014-08-12. Retrieved 2014-08-10.
  5. ↑ "Beacon Medical Group confirms redundancies". rte.ie. 9 January 2009. Retrieved 4 December 2016.
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  7. ↑ "UPMC to Manage Independent Hospital in Dublin, Ireland". upmc.com. Retrieved 4 December 2016.
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  9. ↑ "New private hospital for women and children aims at 2010 start - Independent.ie". independent.ie. Retrieved 4 December 2016.
  10. 1 2 "Appeal to council to allow €160m maternity hospital - Independent.ie". independent.ie. Retrieved 4 December 2016.
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  13. ↑ "VHI 'could be forced' to deal with co-location". irishexaminer.com. 15 February 2011. Retrieved 4 December 2016.
  14. ↑ "No place to go for co-location - the Medical Independent". Archived from the original on 2014-08-12. Retrieved 2014-08-10.
  15. ↑ Burke-Kennedy, Eoin (4 July 2022). "Beacon Hospital signals further expansion with acquisition of two adjacent sites". Irish Times. Retrieved 15 November 2022.
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