Healthcare service opens 12 years after initial plan

A LONG-AWAITED healthcare project with its roots in 1996 was finalised yesterday by Health Minister Mary Harney when she officially opened the amalgamated hospital services in Clonmel.

The transfer of surgical and other services to Clonmel from Cashel last year followed the provision of acute facilities on two south Tipperary sites for 57 years.

All of the acute services are located in the Clonmel campus of South Tipperary General Hospital, formerly St Joseph’s Hospital.