The minority stakeholder in UPMC Kildare Hospital, formerly known as Clane General Hospital, has brought High Court proceedings aimed at stopping an extensive €10 million redevelopment of the hospital. Backed by a financing package from AIB bank, the works include plans for a new endoscopy wing to meet “significant unmet demand” in the Kildare region in circumstances where there is a “lengthy national waiting list” for treatment, the court was told.  However the Institute of Eye Surgery Holdings (IOES) – one of the stakeholders in the joint venture behind the hospital – has challenged the validity of the board resolutions…

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