Affidea invest €2m into their outpatient ExpressCare Clinic
By Maurice Garvey
HEALTH-care providers Affidea has invested €2 million in the opening of its new ExpressCare Clinic in Tallaght.
The Tallaght clinic, which officially opened in June, treats people for minor injuries and illnesses.
Affidea staff members
Affidea is an independent provider of diagnostic imaging, outpatient and cancer-care services.
This investment into the new outpatient clinic is part of an overall €20 million investment by the company in the Irish healthcare sector over the last three years.
Tallaght was the second Affidea ExpressCare Clinic to open in Ireland this year, with the other clinic operating in Cork.
Affidea Ireland has created over 130 new jobs in the Irish healthcare market in the last three years.
The opening of the Tallaght clinic created 10 new positions, with more to come as the activity at the facility increases.
Affidea estimate that 10,000 patients will annually attend its Tallaght clinic, which is open 365 days a year, from 10am to 10pm.
The private facility offers an alternative to traditional hospital settings for minor injuries.
Patients do not need an appointment and will be seen within an hour of attending the clinic.
The ExpressCare Clinic in Tallaght sits alongside Affidea’s existing state-of-the-art diagnostic centre in the same location – bringing to 30 the number of highly skilled employees located there.
Manager of Affidea Ireland, Barry Downes, said: “Instead of attending a busy and stressful A&E environment in a hospital, people can now attend the Affidea ExpressCare Clinic in Tallaght to have their minor injury or illness treated, quickly, professionally and to the highest of standards in an outpatient comfortable environment.
“This clinic will significantly benefit the Irish healthcare sector by relieving the burden placed on Irish hospitals by large numbers presenting unnecessarily in A&E departments across the country.”
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