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Pindara Private Hospital Magazine - Issue Three

Women ’s Health Full Service VS Low Cost or Bulk Billed IVF With recent media announcements of Bulk Billing IVF clinics emerging, it is certainly time to consider the subject in some detail. First and foremost IVF is an expensive service to provide at the highest quality level and as in most aspects of life “you get what you pay for”. As a founding director of QFG Gold Coast at Pindara Hospital, I have first hand knowledge of the expenses involved in setting up an IVF clinic capable of providing the full range of Assisted Reproductive services. The cost to set up a modest volume IVF unit including the microscopes, the incubators, the specialised ICSI equipment, the IT system, The Cryopreservation tanks, the Quality assurance systems and compliance requirements runs into many hundreds of thousands of dollars. To recruit and retain the highest quality Scientific, Nursing, Counselling and Administration staff is both vital and a considerable expense both initially Pindara M 46 agazine Summer | 2014/15


Pindara Private Hospital Magazine - Issue Three
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