New medical centre to be first of its kind in country

A NEW integrated advanced medical centre in Dublin announced yesterday will ensure that results of cutting-edge research and new therapies are delivered to patients more rapidly.

The Trinity Academic Medical Centre — the first of its kind in Ireland — will be established by Trinity College Dublin in collaboration with its major teaching hospitals, St James’s and Tallaght.

It will combine best practice in patient care with cutting-edge research and teaching in a single governance medical model based on world-leading healthcare centres.