Private hospital expects return to profitability as costs cut

The chief executive of private facility Clane General Hospital in Co Kildare expects the hospital to return to profit this year.

Sean Leyden projected the facility would return to profit this year after confirming yesterday that it broke even in 2011.

This followed the hospital sustaining pre-tax losses of €777,955 in 2010, including non-cash depreciation costs of €553,865.