€400k renovation at city clinic

An occupational health provider to various sectors and public organisations in Ireland has officially opened its new state of the art Cork clinic.

Cognate Health said its €400,000 fit for purpose renovation at the 6,200 square foot facility in Ballintemple is strategically located to support the rapidly expanding business sector.

The new clinic is part of larger investment by Cognate Health in the past 12 months across all aspects of the business, with new hires and the introduction of wellbeing and retention programmes, IT and infrastructure, and training and development opportunities. Cognate Health’s partners include Laya Healthcare, Spectrum Health and Mater Private, and clients include over 2,000 companies from the largest FDIs to innovative start-ups.

An Taoiseach Micheál Martin officially opened the facility: “I want to congratulate Cognate Health on its new clinic.

“Strong occupational health services are part of the foundation of an economy that supports both employers and employees, and I’m delighted to see Cognate Health grow and innovate to extend their services to even more businesses.”

Cognate CEO, Paula Cogan said: “We were focused on making this renovation as sustainable as possible and have reused up to 70 per cent of the existing fixtures and fittings, making the facility energy efficient and have plans for a bio-diversity garden.”

Martin Corkery, Enterprise Ireland’s Regional Director for the South and South East Regions, said: “It is exciting to see this highly innovative company go from strength to strength with the opening of its new state-of-the-art clinic in Cork that will facilitate the expansion of further services for its client base.”