{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2020}} {{Use Irish English|date=October 2020}} {{Infobox hospital | name = Aut Even Hospital | org_group = UPMC | image = | caption = <!-- optional --> | logo = <!-- optional --> | location = Kilkenny | region = | state = | country = Ireland | healthcare = Private | type = General | speciality = | affiliation = | beds = | founded = 1915 | closed = | website = {{URL|https://autevenhospital.ie/}} | other_links = <!-- optional --> | pushpin_map = Ireland | pushpin_map_caption = Shown in Ireland | coordinates = {{coord|52.6767|N|7.2724|W|type:landmark_region:IE|display=inline,title}} }} '''Aut Even Hospital''' ({{langx|ga|Ospidéal Áit Aobhinn}}) is a private hospital in Kilkenny, Ireland. The name is anglicised from the Irish ''áit aoibhinn'' meaning beautiful place. The hospital was acquired by the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) group in 2020, and renamed '''UPMC Aut Even Hospital'''.<ref>{{cite press release | url = https://upmc.ie/news-events/2020/13122020-upmc-acquires-aut-even | title = UPMC Acquires Historic Aut Even Hospital to Expand Services in Ireland | publisher = UPMC | date = 13 December 2020 }}</ref>
==History== Founded by Lady Desart in 1915, the hospital was taken over by the Brothers Hospitallers of Saint John of God in 1933.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.jobs.ie/Aut-Even-Hospital/|title=About us: Aut Even Hospital|publisher=Jobs|accessdate=16 May 2019}}</ref> It was next acquired by Harlequin Healthcare, a company controlled by Gerry Conlan who also owned St. Joseph's Hospital, Sligo, in March 2005.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.irishhealth.com/article.html?id=7197|title=New owners for private hospital|date=28 March 2005|publisher=Irish Health|accessdate=16 May 2019}}</ref> After Conlan acquired Mount Carmel Hospital in Dublin in 2006, his business evolved to become Mount Carmel Medical Group.<ref>{{cite news|last=Wall |first=Martin |url=http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2010/0308/1224265796600.html |title=Staff at Mount Carmel hospital to go on strike over pay cuts |publisher=The Irish Times |date=2010-03-08 |accessdate=2010-07-04}}</ref> In 2008, the hospital received Joint Commission accreditation.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.jointcommissioninternational.org/JCI-Accredited-Organizations/#Ireland |title=Joint Commission International (JCI) Accredited Organizations |publisher=Joint Commission International |accessdate=2010-07-04 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100702111858/http://www.jointcommissioninternational.org/jci-accredited-organizations/#Ireland |archivedate=2 July 2010 |url-status=dead }}</ref> After Conlan's business got into financial difficulties, a receiver was appointed to dispose of the shareholding in Aut Even Hospital in 2014.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thetimes.com/business-money/companies/article/aut-even-value-row-threatens-sale-plan-zg37jjl6xds|title=Aut Even value row threatens sale plan|date=1 February 2015|access-date=17 May 2019}}</ref>
==Services== The hospital has 102 in-patient beds, with a catchment area of over 450,000. It has a twin theatre 18-bed day surgery and endoscopy suite, and 4 main operating theatres.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.emigrant.ie/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=56359&Itemid=251 |title=Aut Even Hospital |publisher=The Irish Emigrant |date=2008-04-30 |accessdate=2010-07-04}}</ref> Specialities provided include general medicine, general surgery, ophthalmology, audiology, neurology, cardiology, rheumatology, gynaecology, otolaryngology (ENT), orthopaedics, dermatology, vascular surgery, respiratory medicine, gastroenterology, orthopaedics, urology, MRI and diagnostic imaging, and oral surgery.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mountcarmel.ie/aeh_patient_services.html |title=Patient Services available at Aut Even Hospital |publisher=Mount Carmel Hospital |accessdate=2010-07-04 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090727132025/http://www.mountcarmel.ie/aeh_patient_services.html |archivedate=2009-07-27 }}</ref>
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