Plans to expand services as UPMC acquires Aut Even Hospital in Kilkenny Ireland's oldest private hospital to be known as 'UPMC Aut Even Hospital' Reporter: '); '); Healthcare company UPMC has acquired Ireland's oldest private hospital - Aut Even in Kilkenny - and has announced plans to expand services at the local hopsital to better serve patients across the country. Patients and staff at the 105-year-old hospital, to be renamed UPMC Aut Even Hospital, will benefit from UPMC’s planned investments in new or additional medical services and technologies. “In coordination with nearby UPMC Whitfield Hospital and other UPMC operations stretching from Kildare to Cork, the purchase of UPMC Aut Even gives us the opportunity to conveniently and effectively treat more patients close to home,” said Charles Bogosta, president of UPMC International.