The Mater Private Hospital ( ga, Ospidéal Príobháideach an Mater) is a private hospital in

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, Ireland. It is associated with

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History

The hospital was founded by

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s Joseph Sheehan and Jimmy Sheehan, who had established the

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, TD on 15 October 2010. After the hospital failed to reach agreement with the insurer, VHI, to provide cover, it was closed on 9 March 2011.

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was appointed as liquidator in May 2011. The hospital was subsequently acquired by Mater Private and re-opened in 2012.

Services

The hospital has 102 in-patient beds and 6 operating theatres.

References

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