Mater Private Hospital, Cork

The Mater Private Hospital (Irish: Ospidéal Príobháideach an Mater) is a private hospital in Cork, Ireland.

The hospital was founded by surgeons Joseph Sheehan and Jimmy Sheehan, who had established the Blackrock Clinic in Dublin[1] It was built at a cost of €90m and opened by the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Micheál Martin, TD on 15 October 2010.

[1] After the hospital failed to reach agreement with the insurer, VHI, to provide cover, it was closed on 9 March 2011.

[3] The hospital was subsequently acquired by Mater Private and re-opened in 2012.

[4] The hospital has 102 in-patient beds and 6 operating theatres.