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A long-awaited dialysis unit at Ennis Hospital is expected to be operational by the end of this year. The UL Hospitals Group confirmed last August that the tender process for a Contracted Satellite Hemodialysis Unit service in Ennis was in progress and that it had met with a number of renal care providers. Those in Clare seeking renal care at present have to travel to either the Renal Department at University Hospital Limerick or its satellite centre on the Dock Road in Limerick. Responding to Ennistymon Fine Gael Senator Martin Conway in the Seanad, Junior Minister Dara Calleary says a provider has been identified and the unit should open in the coming months.