Almost 500 people apply for 100 clinical roles a jobs’ day.

We had a very busy Saturday in Mahon, when the Cork Medical Centre, Ireland’s newest private hospital, commenced the second stage of it’s recruitment drive. The main operating theatres are due to open on 14th March, so in order to save time there was a recruitment Open Day on Saturday where prospective employees could drop off their CVs in person, meet the management team and tour the hospital. On offer are 100 clinical positions in nursing, radiology, theatre, pharmacy and laboratory.

The response was incredible. The recruitment day was due to run between 12 noon and 3pm, but people were queuing from 8am. By noon the queue was all the way around corner onto St Michael’s Drive and down to the main road. See here.

Queues snaked out of City Gate and along St Michael's Road

Almost 500 people attended the recruitment day, with half of those being nurses. By people came from all over the south of Ireland, from as far afield as Kerry and Waterford; ten people even came down from Dublin. This not too surprising as there had been extensive media coverage about the event on page of the Irish Examiner and page 6 of the Irish Independent, both local radio stations, Red FM and Cork’s 96 FM as well as national radio stations, Today FM, Newstalk and Radio 1, which culminated in piece on RTE’s Six One TV News, which you can view here: http://www.rte.ie/news/2011/0119/corkmedicalcentre.html#video

This demand led to the open day running on until 4.30pm to ensure everybody was seen too and ensure they also got to see the facility. The Irish Examiner sent a photographer down to cover that day and did a follow up piece below, which also appeared on page 2, by their local news reporter Eoin English see below:

Coverage from Page 2 of today's Irish Examiner

Below is a link to the article on the web and we have also pasted in text

http://www.examiner.ie/ireland/almost-500-compete-for-100-jobs-at-new-hospital-142988.html

Applications for clinical positions/jobs at Cork Medical Centre private hospital, Mahon, Cork.

You may have heard or seen in the national news today the story regarding 100 jobs that have been announced at Cork Medical Centre private hospital in Cork, which is being carried on RTE TV and radio; RTE’s website http://www.rte.ie/news/2011/0119/jobs-business.html; Newstalk; Red FM; and 96FM, as well as in The Irish Independent; The Examiner; and on TheJournal.ie etc. The roles that are being recruited are for clinical staff in the following departments: nursing, theatre, laboratory, radiology, and pharmacy.

There is a Recruitment Open Day for clinical staff being held at Cork Medical Centre this Saturday, 22nd January, between 12pm and 3pm. Where you can bring along your CVs, meet the management and tour the facility.

If, however, you can’t attend the recruitment day in person then that’s no problem, just send your CVs to Siobhan Kennedy, HR Manger to hr@corkmedicalcentre.com.

Cork Medical Centre is based in the City Gate development, which is adjacent to the Mahon Shopping Centre in Cork City, two minutes from the South Ring and Jack Lynch Tunnel.

For further details please call 021 601 3200 or go to http//:www.corkmedicalcentre.com

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100 new jobs for Cork Medical Centre – Clinical Recruitment Day 22nd January, 2011.

Cork Medical Centre (CMC)

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Location: Cork Medical Centre private hospital, City Gate, Mahon, Cork

Time: 12:00PM Saturday, January 22nd, 2011.

The atrium of the Cork Medical Centre, Mahon, Cork.

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The Launch of Cork Medical Centre private hospital on RTE TV & TV3 News

The Cork Medical Centre had a very successful launch on Friday with over 400 people attending for a 10.30am launch , not an easy task getting all those people there at the best of times. There was extensive TV and radio coverage. I did arranged pre-recordings with Dr Joe Sheehan on the Thursday afternoon before the launch with RTE’s Morning Ireland show and Newstalk’s Breakfast. Both RTE TV and TV3 attended the event and it was covered extensively on their news programmes.

With any event like this there is always a danger that something unexpected might happen on the day, which can result in the camera crew being called away to cover, therefore, to minimise the risk of this happening I arranged with RTE to come in the week before the launch in order to get generic footage of the hospital and facilities ‘in the can’ in advance. This gave us some comfort that should something happen on the day then RTE could always use the footage and overlay with audio commentary.  However, in the end there were no other sudden news items and the launch went well with RTE using footage of the launch and an interview with Dr Sheehan, which they combined with the shots they took the week before.

Here are links to the RTE and TV3 coverage that are hosted on their websites

RTE Six One News covers the launch of Cork Medical Centre

http://tv3.ie/videos.php?video=28193&locID=1.2.&page=17

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Public Open Day at Cork Medical Centre 20th November, 2010.

Every wanted to see the inside of an operating theatre? Check out a CT or MRI scanner? Then now’s your chance!

Cork Medical Centre, Ireland’s newest hospital, is having a Public Open Day on Saturday 20^th November. Everyone is welcome to visit this state-of-the-art-facility between 10am and 4pm – there will be hospital tours throughout the day.

The €90m private hospital is the first new private hospital to open in Cork for 90 years. Opened in Mahon last month, it is the first hospital in Ireland to provide all single ensuite bedrooms. This is the last chance for visitors to see the six cutting edge Opitz and Flierl operating theatres, the 75 single ensuite bedrooms, or get up close with the hospital’s CT and MRI scanners.

Free blood pressure tests will be provided to all visitors and face painting will be on hand for children.

It was recently announced that the Cork Medical Centre is to be covered for 80% Quinn Healthcare and Aviva customers; both companies will be on hand during the Open Day to give people advice on healthcare and answer any questions they have about their health plans, taking out a health insurance plan or how to switch providers. They’ll also be running giveaways for prizes on the day.

According to Philip Sheehan, the Chief Operating Officer of Cork Medical Centre: “The hospital is very special, this type of facility has not been provided in Cork before. We want to use the Public Open Day on Saturday 20^th November to show the people of Cork what fantastic facility they have on their doorstep. We need to close the operating theatres to visitors soon, so this is the last chance for people to see the inside of an operating theatre and the incredible scanners that we have here.”

For further details please call the hospital on 021 601 3200. The last tour of the day will start at 3pm.

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Cork Medical Centre’s official opening

15th October, 2010.

CORK’S FIRST PRIVATE HOSPITAL IN 90 YEARS OPENS ITS DOORS

Minister for Foreign Affairs Micheàl Martin TD officially

opens the €90mCork Medical Centre.

Cork Medical Centre (CMC)

Ireland’s most advanced hospital, the Cork Medical Centre (CMC), was today officially opened by Minister for Foreign Affairs, Micheàl Martin, at City Gate in Mahon, Cork. The new €90m facility is operated by Sheehan Medical and is the first private hospital to open in the city for 90 years.

CMC will provide a huge boost to the local economy employing 525 people in the 5 star facility. It is the first hospital in Ireland to come with entirely single en-suite bedrooms, 75 in all, with 25 day patient beds. When fully operational Sheehan Medical expects to cover 39,000 patient treatments per year.

Extending to 135,000 sq ft it has 6 Opitz & Flierl ‘ultra-clean’ operating theatres; all fitted with the latest infection control and using advanced surgical techniques combined with the most cutting edge technology. This state of the art facility will also be fitted with next generation IT systems, such €9m of Siemens advanced diagnostics technology, including the first an Artis Zee Biplane system in Europe[1].

CMC features all single bedrooms with ensuite shower rooms.

Speaking at the launch today Minister for Foreign Affairs Micheàl Martin TD said: “The Cork Medical Centre is a world class facility. As well as providing medical care CMC represents a major boost to the local economy by providing direct jobs and demand for services in local communities. The centre will be accessible to the majority of health plans and is an important asset for Cork. I want to wish all the team at CMC every success into the future.”

Dr Joseph Sheehan, the renowned surgeon, has returned from the US after 35 years to become CEO of CMC; speaking at the launch he said: ‘‘We have been planning a new hospital in Cork for several years so the opening of CMC marks the successful end of a long process for us. Cork has missed out on new facilities for almost a century, and there is a major shortfall in the provision of operating theatres in the Munster region; Dublin’s catchment area has over two and half times more private operating theatres, despite having a similar population. Our day theatres are already 75% booked up; therefore, meeting this important surgical demand in the south of the country will be our main priority.”

Infection control is at the forefront of the design and procedures at CMC. The fully single rooms are not just for comfort, they are integral to stopping the spread of infections. Other elements include infection resistant fittings and fixtures. Infection control protocols ensure all patients are swabbed for MRSA on entry to the hospital and put in one of the four isolation rooms if tests are positive. Each isolation room has its own air handling system and negative air pressure, which minimises the risk of air borne infections leaving the isolation rooms. More details below.

5 Star facility with6 operating theatres

CMC was approved by Aviva health insurance recently and is accessible by 80% of their customers. Negotiations with Quinn Insurance and VHI are in the final stages and expected to be completed shortly.

Based in the City Gate development in Mahon the location is now emerging as an important medical hub for Cork. The Cork Medical Centre is complemented on site by the largest VHI Swiftcare Clinic in Ireland, which is already referring patients to the new hospital. City Gate also houses the VHI Medical Centre and the national headquarters of the Health Information & Quality Authority.  The site is strategically located next to Mahon Point Shopping Centre close to Cork’s South Ring. In total the development has 330,000 sq ft of high quality floorspace with 900 free car parking spaces.

For further information please contact: Simon Palmer, at Republic PR on + 353 (0) 851 341 761 or email: simon@republicpr.ie

NOTES TO EDITORS

Infection Control Facts

• CMC will be the first hospital in Ireland to have all single bed rooms (73) – crucial to helping reduce the transmission of infections.
• Everyone entering the hospital will be swabbed for MRSA on entry. If tests are positive they will be put in one of the isolation rooms until it is removed.
• There are four isolation rooms in the facility, one in each of the three wards and one in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU). Each isolation room is mechanically ventilated with negative pressure and HEPA filtration (High Efficiency Particulate Arresting filters) to ensure airborne infections do not leave the room.
• CMC has six Opitz & Flierl operating theatres with stainless steel doors that are kick operated to reduced hand borne infections.
• The Theatre and Endoscopy operating room walls are constructed of stainless steel modular panels coated with anti-microbial powder.
• HEPA filter canopies over each operating table, and Ultra Clean-Laminar Flow for Orthopeadic procedures, push air born infection onto the floors.
• The theatre department is designed with two separate goods lifts for clean goods in one way and waste out the other.
• Similarly patients enter each theatre in one door and leave via another, thus reducing risk of cross contamination.
• Each of the four main operating theatres has a HEPA filter canopy over each operating table, two of which are Ultra Clean-Laminar Flow for Orthopeadic procedures
• All the clinical wash hand basins throughout the facility have sensor taps to make every opportunity available to staff to minimise the chances of infections spreading
• There is MRSA resistant glass in all the en suite bathroom pods and the back splashes for all of the sinks in the hospital.
• There are 14 different air handling units used for heating and ventilating the facility, that are controlled by a state of the art Siemens Building Energy Management System (BEMS). The BEMS system also monitors and controls the temperature of all hot and cold water services insuring water reaches each tap at the correct temperature. All pipe work runs have been designed and installed to minimize dead legs thus reducing risk of legionnaires disease.
• The day-care Endoscopy Department has 2 No. state of the art Wassenburg pass through scope sterilizers complete with Hot RO water system and full computerised traceability system.

Background to Sheehan Medical

Sheehan Medical was set up to operate private hospitals in the UK, Britain and mainland Europe. The company is operated by Chief Executive, James Sheehan, and his father Dr Joseph Sheehan. Sheehan Medical’s aim is to bring best practice in US medical techniques and standards to Ireland. The company prides itself in combining the operation of first class medical facilities with a successful business model. The unique share holding structure allows doctors and consultants to buy into the ownership of their hospitals and share in the financial success.

Chairman Dr Joseph Sheehan, along with his brother Dr Jimmy Sheehan, both Dublin natives, were two of the founders of the Blackrock Clinic in Dublin, which opened in 1984. In January 2006, he was part of a small group that purchased the controlling interest in the Blackrock Clinic from BUPA. An €80m expansion project is currently underway.

In 2004 he again partnered with his brother Jimmy to open the Galway Clinic, which received international recognition and re-established Dr. Sheehan’s commitment to raising healthcare standards through dedication to quality improvement and technological advances.

An active surgeon for over 35 years, Dr. Sheehan was the Chairman of Orthopedics at Central Dupage Hospital from 2004- 2006, which he led to be recognised as one of the top 50 Orthopaedics Departments in the US for 2007 and 2008 (US News and World Report). During his tenure the hospital implemented the most cutting – edge medical treatments in the world, including the Interventional Radiology Stroke Department and the Proton Treatment Cancer Centre (one of only 7 in the world for treating patients)

He is now an Associate Professor of Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation at Loyala University Medical School in Ilinois, USA. Joseph is also currently in private practice in Chicago where he performs general orthopaedics and specialises in joint replacement and reconstruction.Chief Executive, James Sheehan, specialises in the administration of medical care from the science to the management side. A native of Chicago he moved to Ireland in 2002 to step into his father’s role as project manager and co-developer of the Galway Clinic (that had started in 2001) in addition to taking over his role as Director of the Blackrock Clinic.

Following his time at the Galway Clinic, he started the development of three private medical centres: Cork, Ireland; Lisbon, Portugal; and Glasgow, Scotland. He remains a director of the Blackrock Clinic and Galway Clinic.

Background to John Cleary Developments.

John Cleary Developments (JCD) is a privately owned property development and investment company specialising in the construction of office, retail, medical and light industrial property, primarily in Cork, for the past 20 years.  The low profile firm are one of the biggest business park developers in the south of Ireland, to date completing over 785,000 square feet of quality business park space in Cork, creating successful working environments for over 1500 people.

JCD has recently received planning permission for an additional 280,000 sq ft of high end office accommodation at a site adjoining the existing City Gate which it acquired from Cork City Council in 2009.  When completed it is envisaged that the total City Gate development will provide jobs for over 3,000 people and is specifically designed to cater for large multi-national clients.

The €140m City Gate Development comprising of a total of over 330,000 square feet and has 900 underground car parking spaces making it one of the largest new commercial developments in Ireland.  Located adjoining Mahon Point Shopping Centre, on the South Ring Road Network, the new Cork Medical Centre will be extremely accessible for patients. Designed around a central plaza, incorporating a Cafe and attractive civic space, City Gate has set a new standard for commercial developments in Cork.

As well as having the largest VHI Swiftcare Clinic in Ireland, JCD have now leased over 180,000 square feet of office space at City Gate. Tenants including McAfee, Big Fish Games and Solarwinds, who have chosen City Gate as their European, Middle East and African headquarters in the face of very stiff competition. Other occupiers include HIQA, Pobal and Regus. The scale of these lettings is unprecedented in Ireland particularly given the current market conditions.

An additional 35,000 sq. ft has recently received a change of use planning permission to outpatient medical uses. A large portion of this space is currently under negotiation with internationally renowned medical operators and the intention is to create a world class medical campus.

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Construction of private hospital: Cork Medical Centre

Work on the Cork Medical Centre (CMC) is progressing well and nearing completion in time for its opening on 16th September, 2010.

I’m currently having weekly PR meetings in Cork in the run up to the launch and last week I took some videos and photos to show how fit out is progressing.

The video below shows a 360 degree view of the fantastic City Gate development where the CMC is located. City Gate is first class with exceptional quality of workmanship and finishes. It was developed by local cork developers John Cleary Developments (JCD).

Also on site at City Gate is Cork’s only VHI SwiftCare Clinic, located only a minute’s walk to CMC. This short video below shows how close the entrances to both facilities are.

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Construction photos of Sheehan Medical’s new private hospital the Cork Medical Centre.

Below is an aerial photo of the City Gate office development in Mahon Cork and fit out photos – please click on the images to see the whole photo.

City Gate, Mahon Cork: CMC is bottom left.

Opening 16th September, 2010.

View from the bottom of the Atrium

Doors being lifted up the atrium of CMC

New link bridge at CMC City Gate

The Cork Medical Centre, Cork’s new €90m hospital open 16th September, 2010.

The Cork Medical Centre, City Gate, Mahon, Cork.

The Cork Medical Centre, Cork City’s  newest private hospital, the first to open for thirty years, will open it’s doors on 16th September, 2010.

Developed and operated by Sheehan Medical, the €90 million facility will house the latest medical technology from Siemens Healthcare, making it the most technologically advanced hospital ever developed in Ireland.

The Cork Medical Centre will be a 5 star facility providing 75 single in-patient bedrooms, fully sealed with the latest in infection control.  The main focus of the hospital will be surgery; there will be four operating theatres and a same day surgery centre with 20 out-patient beds.

The 135,000 sq ft hospital has the capacity to offer over 39,000 patient treatments per year.

The hospital will also house an intensive care unit; radiology facilities with MRI / CT / X-ray scanners; a cardiology and neuroscience facility. International accreditation, benchmarking and auditing will be provided by an internationally renowned healthcare organization.

“We are delighted to be able to confirm the official opening date and already we have consultants and other medical staff moving into the complex to prepare for the opening,” said Cork Medical Centre’s Chief Operating Officer Philip Sheehan.

All of the big three health insurers are expected to confirm they will cover the hospital in the coming weeks. “We have had positive talks from the VHI since September 2007 and expect to confirm the details in the coming weeks and we are also at advanced stages of confirming with both Aviva and Quinn Healthcare. Cork is massively under-serviced when it comes to private beds with less than half the number per capita.” said Mr Sheehan.

The Cork Medical Centre is the Sheehan’s third venture in Ireland – as they are one of the founders and major shareholders of the Blackrock Clinic in Dublin and the Galway Clinic, both covered by all three health insurers. The group also has strong links with the Loyola University Health System in Chicago – one of the world’s largest health centres and renowned for its research, development and pioneering approach to new treatments.

The opening of the state-of-the art hospital is a major milestone in the development of the City Gate Medical Campus which already houses the largest VHI SwiftCare Clinic in the country and the VHI Medical Centre.

“People of the region deserve a new facility like this on their doorstep rather than having to make a journey elsewhere for the most modern treatment available in world medicine.  A lot of our existing patients in both Blackrock and the Galway clinics are commuting form the Cork area already” added Mr Sheehan.

More photos and videos of the hospital can be viewed at the Cork Medical Centre’s Facebook page http://www.tinyurl.ie/5q. You can also use the Facebook page to ask the Sheehan Medical team questions about the hospital.

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Sheehan Medical signs €8.5m deal with Siemens

Sheehan Medical agrees €8.5m deal with Siemens for Cork’s newest private hospital

Major contract awarded by Cork Medical Centre to supply and finance the latest medical diagnostic technology.

4^th July, 2010. Cork Ireland: Cork is due to get the Ireland’s most high-tech hospital following an announcement today by Irish private hospital operator, Sheehan Medical, that Siemens Healthcare has been awarded the €8.5m contract to provide the healthcare technology and financing for their new private hospital, the Cork Medical Centre.

The new €90m hospital will open in Cork in the September and will be the first new private hospital facility to open in the city for 30 years. Owned by the Sheehan Medical, the Cork Medical Centre will be a technology driven hospital that will lead the field with the newest and most promising interventions for stroke, brain tumours, back pain and other sites of chronic pain.

According to James Sheehan, the Chief Executive of Sheehan Medical, he said a key factor in choosing Siemens was their ability to provide the latest technology to enhance clinical outcomes, plus their ability to support it with financing, ICT and project management ‘‘We have first class technology in all our hospitals and aim to make the Cork Medical Centre the most high-tech facility ever developed in Ireland. Siemens is an important part of this aim, their ability to provide an integrated approach that covers innovative technology will allow us levels of diagnosis and treatment that will be in unsurpassed in this country. The success of this deal marks the next stage of the on-going five year relationship with Siemens whose technology we have used extensively before.”

The contract includes financing for all the hospitals equipment from Siemens Financial Services, the company’s first deal in Ireland. Approximately half €7m the total is for technology from Siemens Healthcare, including a suite of state-of-the-art equipment, including its flagship angiography, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and computed tomography (CT), x-ray and ultrasound equipment (specific details on the equipment are outlined in the Notes To Editors below).

Kevin Dand, Head of Siemens Healthcare in Ireland, stated “We were keen to partner with Sheehan Medical in a vision to provide the best in surgical and diagnostic services. The technology advancements of our imaging equipment will assist Cork Medical Centre in their mission to offer a much quicker, safer and seamless journey for the patient, improving the speed of diagnosis and treatment.”

Increasingly patients and physicians prefer minimally invasive therapy over surgery because of the reduced recovery time. “With the Artis zee Bi-plane technology, these interventions can be much quicker. Cork Medical Centre will take delivery of the latest bi-plane technology, enhancing the clinicians’ ability to diagnose, guide and treat the disease whether cardiac, neuro or oncology,” explains Dand.

The Cork Medical Centre will be a 5 star facility providing 75 single in-patient bedrooms, fully sealed with the latest in infection control.  The main focus of the hospital will be surgery; there will be four operating theatres and a same day surgery centre with 20 out-patient beds.  The hospital, which is located at the City Gate Complex in Mahon Point, will have a strong focus on neurology and cardiology.

The hospital will also house an intensive care unit; radiology a cardiology, oncology and neuroscience facility. International accreditation, benchmarking and auditing will be provided by an internationally renowned healthcare organisation

For further information please contact: Simon Palmer, at Republic on + 353 (0) 851 341 761 or email: simon@republicpr.ie

NOTES TO EDITORS

About Siemens’ technology

Siemens Healthcare will provide a suite of equipment including its flagship angiography system, the Artis zee bi-plane flat panel detector, a revolutionary new system for advanced imaging in interventional radiology, cardiology and neuroradiology investigations.

Siemens Enterprise Communications will provide a turnkey Information and Communications Healthcare Network focused on productivity, security and mobility; delivering complete access to clinical information and patient workflows from any device, regardless of location.

Siemens is also delivering state-of-the-art equipment in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and computed tomography (CT). The Siemens’ Magnetom Essenza MRI system, which due to its 1.5T field strength, will allow CMC to deliver superior image quality and offer greater diagnostic confidence to support a complete range of clinical applications, including neurology, orthopaedics, body imaging, angiography, cardiology, breast imaging, oncology and paediatric imaging.

The Essenza also offers shorter scan times increasing productivity, due to its revolutionary TIM (total imaging matrix) technology, which eliminates the need for patient repositioning during scans. Additionally, the Essenza’s ultra-short bore design will alleviate concerns of claustrophobia, since many patients can be imaged with their head outside of the bore.

The Somatom Definition AS 64 brings together high-end CT imaging including neuro CT scanning. With 64 slice imaging, the AS provides physicians with more information to detect and diagnose conditions earlier. Siemens is also delivering additional x-ray and ultrasound equipment.

Key elements of the High Availability solution are Siemens OpenScape SIP based Voice & Unified Communications Server – a carrier class architecture based completely on Open Standards for third party application integration , Enterasys Secure Networks LAN and Wireless LAN using the latest 802.11n technology for immediate access to information from mobile devices, an EMC Storage Area Network, VMware Virtualised Server & Client Environment from our technology partners, Fujitsu and a Nextgen Technologies Triple Play IPTV Patient Entertainment Solution.

About Sheehan Medical

Sheehan Medical was set up to operate private hospitals in the UK, Britain and mainland Europe. The company is operated by Chief Executive, James Sheehan, and his father Dr Joseph Sheehan C.M., who is Chairman.

Sheehan Medical’s aim is to bring best practice in US medical techniques and standards to Ireland. The company prides itself in combining the operation of first class medical facilities with a successful business model. The unique share holding structure allows doctors and consultants to buy into the ownership of their hospitals and share in the financial success.

An active surgeon for over 35 years Sheehan Medical’s Chairman, Dr Joseph Sheehan, along with his brother Dr Jimmy Sheehan, both Dublin natives, were two of the founders of the Blackrock Clinic in Dublin, which opened in 1984. In January 2006, he was part of a small group that purchased the controlling interest in the Blackrock Clinic from BUPA. An €80m expansion project is currently underway.

In 2004 he again partnered with his brother Jimmy to open the Galway Clinic, which received international recognition and re-established Dr. Sheehan’s commitment to raising healthcare standards through dedication to quality improvement and technological advances.  Further information can be found by visiting http://ww.sheehanmedical.com or http://www.corkmedicalcentre.com

About Siemens

Siemens is a global company providing products, systems, services and solutions for the industry, energy and healthcare sectors. The company employs over 1,000 highly skilled people in Ireland and has offices in Dublin and Cork.

Siemens Healthcare is one of the world’s largest suppliers to the healthcare industry. The company is a renowned medical solutions provider with core competence and innovative strength in diagnostic and therapeutic technologies as well as in knowledge engineering, including information technology and system integration. Siemens Healthcare is the first integrated healthcare company, bringing together imaging and lab diagnostics, therapy and healthcare information technology solutions. Siemens Healthcare delivers solutions across the entire continuum of care — from prevention and early detection, to diagnosis, therapy and care. Further information can be found by visiting http://www.siemens.ie

Siemens Enterprise Communications is a premier provider of end-to-end enterprise communications, including voice, network infrastructure and security solutions that use open, standards-based architectures to unify communications and business applications for a seamless collaboration experience. This award-winning “Open Communications” approach enables organizations to improve productivity and reduce costs through easy-to-deploy solutions that work within existing IT environments, delivering operational efficiencies. It is the foundation for the company’s OpenPath® commitment that enables customers to mitigate risk and cost-effectively adopt unified communications. Jointly owned by The Gores Group and Siemens AG, Siemens Enterprise Communications companies include Siemens Enterprise Communications, Cycos, and Enterasys Networks.  Further information can be found by visiting http://www.siemens-enterprise.com