After a bit of disruption and delay, Dunedin has its first purpose-built fertility clinic. The clinic, in Burns House, is public-private because the Southern District Health Board outsourced its service to Fertility Associates. Last year, the clinic in Dunedin Hospital was taken over by Fertility Associates, but the clinic needed a new home this year, as the SDHB required the hospital space. For a couple of months some patients had to travel to Christchurch because of a delay building the new clinic. Fertility specialist Dr Kate van Harselaar, an obstetrician/gynaecologist, said it was a relief to be in the new clinic with its new laboratory and procedure room.

Source: Otago Daily Times October 28, 2016 17:03 UTC