Clinic profits rise 72% to over €6m

BLACKROCK Clinic, one of the country’s largest private hospitals, saw a healthy increase in profits last year, according to its latest accounts.

Pre-tax profits at the hospital shot up 72% to just over €6 million for the year to end December 2003. Turnover for the year increased by €7.5m to €54.2m.

The company said it had benefited from long hospital waiting lists as more people went private for medical procedures.