A new €5 million suite with three operating theatres has been officially opened at Cappagh National Orthopaedic Hospital in Dublin by the Minister for Health Dr James Reilly.
It will help relieve pressure on other hospitals for bone operations, especially in the Eastern region.
The suite was funded by the HSE and brings to seven the number of operating theatres at the hospital.
The new unit will allow surgery being carried out to be viewed anywhere in the world and surgeons can communicate live with each other to consult on complex cases.
One of the theatres has been designed specifically to facilitate surgery for larger patients.
A new 3 Tesla MRI and two new X-ray interventional rooms were recently added to the hospital. The 3 Tesla MRI is the first of its kind available to public patients in the State.
Cappagh Hospital is the national referral centre for adult and paediatric cases.
It carries out 2,000 major and 8,000 minor operations each year.
Cappagh CEO Gordon Dunne said the new theatres meant that the hospital now has the capacity to further centralise elective orthopaedic surgery in the eastern region.
