US healthcare operator UPMC has bought Kilkenny's Aut Even Hospital, the oldest private hospital in Ireland, to further expand its services in the country. The acquisition is part of a plan to add new medical services to the 71-bed facility, which is being renamed UPMC Aut Even Hospital, and to create the UPMC Global Technology Operations Centre in Kilkenny. Terms of the deal, which is subject to approval by the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission, were not disclosed. Aut Even is the latest addition to the UPMC franchise in Ireland following last year's purchase of Clane Hospital - now known as UPMC Kildare Hospital.