UPMC Kildare

UPMC Kildare Hospital, also called Clane Hospital, is a private hospital located in Clane, County Kildare, Ireland.^[1][2] It is accredited by CHKS.^[3][4]

UPMC Kildare Hospital
Geography
Location	Prosperous Road, Clane, County Kildare, Ireland
Coordinates	53.289637°N 6.700812°W / 53.289637; -6.700812
Organisation
Care system	Private
Funding	For-profit hospital
Type	General
Network	University of Pittsburgh Medical Center
Services
Beds	39
History
Opened	October 1985
Links
Website	www.upmc.ie/upmc-kildare
Lists	Hospitals in the Republic of Ireland

History

The hospital was founded in October 1985 by Andrew Rynne, an Irish surgeon and the chairperson of the Irish Family Planning Association, and the Republic of Ireland's first vasectomy specialist.^[5]

A controversy in its history was the use of defective Poly Implant Prothèse breast implants prior to 2012.^[6][4]

Services

Clane General offers urology, ENT, gynaecology, orthopaedic surgery, dental surgery, cataract surgery, endoscopy, dermatology and plastic surgery. Outpatient facilities include diagnostic imaging, physiotherapy, a fertility clinic and cardiology.^[7][8][9]

UPMC Group bought Clane Hospital in 2019.^[10]