Cork Medical Centre is not the first private hospital in Cork to open its doors only to discover the VHI unwilling to come on board, thus scuppering its future, writes Catherine Shanahan

Staff at the Cork Medical Centre have had their contracts suspended for four weeks.

CORK’S TDs are seeking a meeting with the chief executive of Vhi Healthcare next week in a bid to save a private hospital from closure.

THE country’s newest and most advanced private hospital will close within months unless the VHI provides health cover.

Management at the Cork Medical Centre will make a statement later today on the future of the company after it has been speculated that the country's newest hospital will be forced to close, because of a row with the VHI.

There are fears that the country's newest hospital may be forced to close because of a row with the VHI.

ALMOST 500 people queued for 100 medical jobs at the country’s newest private hospital at the weekend.

THE country’s newest private hospital will create up to 100 medical jobs within weeks.

LEGAL proceedings have begun in the High Court in which Investor First Limited is seeking €346,275 in respect of professional services allegedly provided in sourcing and securing a building in Cork suitable for use as a private hospital which the defendant Sheehan Medical Limited could purchase or lease.

A NEW €90 million state-of-the-art medical centre in Cork is a “medical mall” on the cutting edge of experimentation with the very best of equipment and staff, according to the hospital’s chief executive.

IRELAND’S first stroke centre, which opens in Cork within weeks, will be the most advanced of its kind in Europe.

THE developers of a new €90 million private hospital in Cork have signed an €8.5 million deal to equip it with the world’s most advanced diagnostic machines.

THE operators of a €90 million private hospital due to open in Cork this summer have signed a €746,000 ($1 million) deal for the installation of an advanced IT system.

A planned €200m office development in Cork has the potential to create 1,500 new jobs, it was claimed today.

IN a major jobs boost for Cork city, 210 jobs are to be created over the next six weeks in the construction of the new Cork Medical Centre.

Plans were unveiled today for a new €90m private hospital in Cork that will create 675 jobs.

AN BÓRD PLEANÁLA overturned a county council decision yesterday and refused planning permission for a €110 million private medical clinic in Cork’s green belt.

A €110 MILLION state-of-the-art private hospital, expected to create 400 jobs in Cork’s western suburbs, was granted planning permission yesterday.

A €110 MILLION state-of-the-art private hospital, expected to create 400 jobs in Cork’s western suburbs, was granted planning permission yesterday.