Dunedin will be getting a private hospital, before the city's new public one opens

The ODT reports the three-storey hospital specialising in general and elective surgery, will open on Anzac Ave by mid-2028.

The 1.8-billion-dollar new public hospital inpatients building will open in 2031.

The private hospital Director Colin Hutchison says the new facility will treat more than 10-thousand patients a year.