Aut Even Hospital ( ga, Ospidéal Aut Even) is a

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Kilkenny Kilkenny (). is a city in County Kilkenny, Ireland. It is located in the South-East Region and in the province of Leinster. It is built on both banks of the River Nore. The 2016 census gave the total population of Kilkenny as 26,512. Kilken ...

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. The name is a transcription of the Irish ''áit aoibhinn'' meaning beautiful place.

History

Founded by Lady Desart in 1915, the hospital was taken over by the

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in 1933. It was next acquired by Harlequin Healthcare, a company controlled by Gerry Conlan who also owned St. Joseph's Hospital,

Sligo Sligo ( ; ga, Sligeach , meaning 'abounding in shells') is a coastal seaport and the county town of County Sligo, Ireland, within the western province of Connacht. With a population of approximately 20,000 in 2016, it is the List of urban areas ...

, in March 2005. After Conlan acquired Mount Carmel Hospital in

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in 2006, his business evolved to become

Mount Carmel Medical Group Mount Carmel Medical Group was a private healthcare organisation based in Naas, Ireland. Founded in 2003, the group included Aut Even Hospital (Kilkenny), Mount Carmel Hospital (Dublin), and St. Joseph's Hospital (Sligo). As of 2012, Mount Car ...

. In 2008, the hospital received

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accreditation. After Conlan's business got into financial difficulties, a receiver was appointed to dispose of the shareholding in Aut Even Hospital in 2014.

Services

The hospital has 102 in-patient beds, with a catchment area of over 450,000. It has a twin theatre 18-bed day surgery and endoscopy suite, and 4 main operating theatres. Specialities provided include general medicine, general surgery, ophthalmology, audiology, neurology, cardiology, rheumatology, gynaecology, otolaryngology (ENT), orthopaedics, dermatology, vascular surgery, respiratory medicine, gastroenterology, orthopaedics, urology, MRI and diagnostic imaging, and oral surgery.

References

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