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Purpose-built cataract operating theatre opened at University Hospital Waterford

A purpose-built cataract operating theatre has been officially opened in University Hospital Waterford (UHW) today (Friday, 19 September 2025).
Having first opened its doors in 2023, the Official Opening event was organised to highlight the benefit of the high-volume high flow cataract operating theatre complex to patients from the South East region.
Highly efficient in design, the theatre complex has seen approximately 2,400 cataracts carried out on patients from the south east region to date and will help patients to receive the highest standards of surgical excellence in eye care.
Speaking as he performed the official opening, Mr. Patrick Condon (retired Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon) said:

“This theatre complex reflects our healthcare goals of shorter waiting lists, clinical excellence and provides greater access to patients in the south east to care nearer their homes. I am proud to be here today to support UHW in delivering these important services that enhance patients’ quality of life.”
The complex includes a pre-operative ward area where patients are prepped for local anaesthetic cataract procedures, an adjoining eye operating theatre where cataract surgeries are carried out under local anaesthetic and ancillary facilities and recovery area.

Mr. John Stokes (Consultant Ophthalmic Surgeon, University Hospital Waterford) added:
“The opening of this theatre has made a real difference to patients needing treatment and care in the southeast. And, it has been a welcome and much needed addition to the great work being done by our eye team at the hospital.”