The latest concept design image for the new Dunedin Hospital buildings, supplied by the Government late last year. IMAGE: SUPPLIEDNewly released details of proposed bed numbers in the new Dunedin Hospital suggest it could have 91 more beds than the current facility. In 2007, a Ministry of Health audit said Dunedin Hospital had 455 beds, but that included all bed spaces available, even if there was not a physical bed there. The website for the new Dunedin Hospital project said there were 350 beds in the current hospital, "depending on how you count them". "The portrayal [by hospital planners] in my view, was for a much more material increase in beds than we are seeing," Mr Woodhouse said.

Source: Otago Daily Times March 28, 2021 15:33 UTC