The Chairman of the South Eastern Health Board, Dr. Jack Gallagher, officially opened the new Cappawhite Health Centre, Co. Tipperary, on Wednesday, 24^th April 2002.

This new health centre has been built as part of an extensive programme of developing new centres or extending existing centres throughout the region.

In the past few years, in South Tipperary, the Board has developed facilities in Tipperary, Fethard, Dundrum, Cahir, Clogheen and Ballyporeen, and developments are planned for Ballymacarbry and Mullinahone.  This is a significant amount of investment in a relatively short time span. This is in addition to the St. Joseph’s Hospital Development which is the biggest capital investment currently being undertaken by the South Eastern Health Board.

This centre now provides accommodation for the local General Practitioner and his support staff, District Public Health Nurse, and local Community Welfare Officer, and other visiting staff of the Board.

The development of the Centre is in line with the Department of Health and Children’s Primary Care Strategy which aims to develop primary care centres throughout the country.

Speaking at the official opening, the Chairman, Dr. Jack Gallagher, congratulated the Building Contractor Stephen Hennessy on the excellent standard of work at the centre. He also congratulated Donal Deering and Colm Walsh from the Board’s Technical Services Department, for their design of the building and supervision of the project, and Howard Beardmore and Michael Guinan of the Technical Services Department in South Tipperary for their work.

He said the Board and it’s officials could be justifiably proud that Cappawhite has a purpose built Health Centre with first class accommodation for the public and those who work there, so that high quality services could be provided for the people of the district.