About Vital Care
We believe good care starts with listening. Here’s a bit about our mission, our team and our Waterford clinic.
Our clinic provides comprehensive medical diagnostics and personalised management of ENT problems, specialized for hearing and balance disorders. Core services include advanced hearing assessments, inner-ear balance evaluations, tinnitus profiling, dizziness diagnostics, guidance on vestibular physiotherapy, surgical procedures and long-term rehabilitation strategies. We assess both peripheral and central vestibular influences and manage complex cases requiring integrated care. Patients receive structured follow-up support, lifestyle-aligned therapy pathways, and precise clinical insight.
Vital Care Medical Center and Laser Clinic was founded with a clear mission: to make high-quality, multi-specialty healthcare accessible and convenient for the Dublin community. We believe good care starts with being heard, so every visit — whether it’s a child’s first check-up or a same-day diagnostic test — begins with our team taking the time to understand what you need.
Our clinic brings together paediatric care, ENT, minor procedures and a full diagnostics service, so your family can rely on one trusted place for a wide range of health needs.
Specialties under one roof
Multiple diagnostic tests on-site
Online booking, day or night
Based in Waterford
Our team
Ear Nose and Throat (ENT) specialist
Mr. Padilla is a Spanish trained Ear Nose and Throat (ENT) specialist. He studied medicine at the Malaga Faculty of Medicine in Spain, graduating in 1994.
During his extensive ENT training, he has worked, trained and studied at various centres since 2001, including Paediatric ENT at Malaga Maternal and Child Hospital.
In 2016 he was awarded a Master of Degree of Doctor (MD) from University College Malaga for research in hearing tests.
Mr. Padilla is trained in all aspects of ear, nose and throat conditions including the surgical management (adults and children).
He worked as an ENT head consultant at the Regional Hospital of Malaga Vestibular Unit since 2010 and moved to Ireland in 2025.
Currently, Mr. Padilla sees both adult and paediatric patients as a publicly appointed ENT consultant at Waterford University Hospital (WUH).
He treats people who have:
Otology problems:
Rhinology:
Throat and larynx:
He works with in collaboration with Nolke Opticians & Hearing centre (close to the clinic) including services:
Real staff photos go here once available — we’ve kept this section text-only rather than using stock photos of people who aren’t your actual team.
Our clinic
Our Waterford clinic is designed to put patients at ease, with modern consultation rooms, an on-site diagnostics suite, and a fully equipped procedure room.
Book online in a few clicks, or reach out and our team will help you find the right appointment.
No referral needed for most services
A multi-specialty medical centre in Waterford — paediatric care, ENT, minor procedures and diagnostics, all in one place.
2 Ash House,
Ardkeen Shopping Centre
Dunmore Rd
Waterford.
X91 PD8P
051 584576
info@vitalcare-medical.com
Monday – Friday, 09.30 am to 21.00 pm
Weekends 09.30 am to 16.00 pm
