The Bon Secours hospital in Cork has officially opened its new cancer care centre, which was developed in partnership with US medical centre UPMC.

Cutting-edge technology will be used at the Bon Secours Hospital in Cork to provide a higher level of precision in attacking and killing cancerous tumours.

Upto 50 clinical and nursing jobs will be created at the Bon Secours Hospital in Cork as part of an ambitious €77m expansion.

Cork’s first private radiotherapy centre is set to open its doors in January 2019 as part of a joint venture between the Bon Secours Health System (BSHS) and a US medical firm.

The major extension proposed for the Bon Secours Hospital, in Cork City, has been approved by An Bord Pleanála.

Over two thirds of Irish adults do not wash their hands for long enough to kill the germs that cause infections, a new report has claimed.

St Vincent’s Healthcare is the highest earning charity in Ireland — taking in a gross income of €363m in 2011.

A hospital has pledged €150,000 to help establish a new suicide crisis centre in Cork.

There are “very significant gaps” in the private hospital provision of cancer, cardiac, and orthopaedic services across the southern region.

PROFITS at the country’s largest private healthcare company, Bon Secours Health System Ltd, rose by 80% to €9.7 million in 2010 up from €5.4m in 2009, according to information released by the group last night.

UP to 800 nurses working for the country’s largest private healthcare provider will stage lunchtime protests at four hospitals today to highlight their dissatisfaction at unilateral pay cuts.

A HORSE trainer and a property developer are among a “secret” group of 17 people advising the Health Service Executive (HSE) on reconfiguration of health services in the South.

A LEADING private hospital in Cork has opened a new €3.5 million breast screening clinic, which promises an appointment within 48 hours and same-day X-ray results.

STAFF at the Bon Secours hospitals in Dublin, Cork, Tralee and Galway are to begin strike action on February 8 over the private health group’s decision to impose pay cuts of up to 5%.

A LEADING private healthcare group is to plough €100 million into massive expansions at its hospitals in Cork and Galway.

The Bon Secours Health System has announced plans to invest €100m in its hospitals in Cork and Galway.

A LEADING private hospital has invested €1 million in a state-of-the-art pharmacy that will give more treatment options to cancer patients.

H+A Marketing and PR has announced three client wins which will provide additional revenues of over €2.5 million in 2009.

MANAGEMENT at one of the country’s main private hospitals confirmed last night that talks are underway about the possible closure of their maternity service as part of a centralisation of obstetric services in Cork city.

A PRIVATE hospital could be built in the mid-west if Limerick’s Regional Hospital raised the funds for the project by selling four acres of its land, a health board report has revealed.

PLANS for a €30m private hospital for Limerick city will not go ahead after it was revealed yesterday that the Bon Secours Health System and BUPA Healthcare Ireland Ltd have withdrawn from the project.