€10m investment will allow Bon Secours hospital treat an additional 5,000 patients per year

Taoiseach Micheál Martin has officially opened two new operating theatres in Bon Secours Hospital Cork, bringing the overall theatre capacity at the hospital to 11 including one fully-integrated laparoscopic theatre. Photo: Cathal Noonan

Bon Secours Cork has become the first hospital in Ireland to install an Olympus operating theatre which will allow for procedures such as bariatric surgery, which includes gastric bands and other weight-loss surgeries.

Taoiseach Micheál Martin today opened two new operating theatres in Bon Secours Hospital Cork which were part of a €10 million investment.