Historic Cork TB hospital to be transformed into €15m state-of-the-art healthcare hub

Once a TB sanatorium, the long-vacant Heatherside Hospital will be transformed into a €15m healthcare campus by a Limerick property developer

Heatherside Hospital, Buttevant, is set to be turned into a state of the art €15m health campus

HEATHERSIDE Hospital, a former TB sanatorium in North Cork, is set for a €15m-plus investment, following its sale to a property developer who has pledged to create a state-of-the-art community care hub.

Gerard Fitzgerald, from Limerick but based overseas, told the Irish Examiner that, though his plans are “still being finalised”, he envisages creating an expansive health campus on the c 20-acre site.