Meet Rachel, Theatre Coordinator at Southern Cross Central Lakes Hospital and only New Zealand female representative to complete the Everest Marathan this year.

A new independent hospital for the Central Lakes region, the Southern Cross Central Lakes Hospital, was formally opened on Friday 10 December 2021, offering the local community more convenient access to elective surgical services.

The first operations at Queenstown’s new surgical hospital will be performed in January. The Southern Cross CLT independent hospital, understood to cost about $25million, is nearing completion and is expected to be handed over by developer Queenstown Commercial by Christmas.

Queenstown's new independent hospital is scheduled to open by the end of this year, and is expected to start operating in January. Southern Cross CLT Ltd chairman Terry Moore said despite the challenges caused by the various Covid lockdowns, the hospital, next to the Queenstown Country Club, bordering Shotover Country, was on track to be handed over from developer Queenstown Commercial before Christmas.