The Southern District Health Board has praised a Dunedin City Council planner for recommending the physio pool not be protected under the city's new planning rules. ''It was the first purpose-built pool for the rehabilitative treatment of patients in New Zealand,'' she said. DHB project director for the Dunedin Hospital redevelopment Jemma Adams welcomed the recommendation. ''The Southern DHB supports the planner's recommendation to exclude the pool from this schedule, given the uncertainty of future requirements for the site in the context of a potential redevelopment of Dunedin Hospital. ''We understand the public interest in the pool and will continue discussions with the council, Therapeutic Pool Trust and Heritage New Zealand as the project proceeds.''

Source: Otago Daily Times October 19, 2016 17:26 UTC