Photos: Nick BrookAbout 135 former andcurrent staff gathered for the Balclutha Hospital 100th anniversary reunion on Saturday. The event, held at TPŌMA, celebrated a century of hospital healthcare in South Otago and highlighted the hospital’s legacy. Dr Sijnja regularly commutes from Dunedin to Balclutha’s main-street medical centre Clutha Health First, which he helped establish. The operating theatre closed in 1996, and the hospital shut in 1998, transitioning to Clutha Health First. Born in Clutha, nurse Clark began training at the hospital on January in 1951, graduating in 1954.

Source: Otago Daily Times February 11, 2026 04:36 UTC