Sims Launch a new IVF satellite service in Kerry - Sims @ Scotia

(15 Sep 2008)

Sims launch a new IVF Satellite Service in Kerry – Sims @ Scotia

We are pleased to announce the formation of a partnership with Scotia Clinic to launch Sims @ Scotia, a new and innovative fertility service for couples of County Kerry and the region. This partnership allows us to provide a satellite service for our patients in the Munster area, making IVF more accessible and convenient. This also means that people in Munster will be able to have all their care apart from egg retrieval and embryo transfer to be carried out in Kerry. Initial consultations, blood tests and ultrasound scans can be performed locally at the Scotia Clinic. This will reduce the amount of traveling necessary and will help reduce stress for women.

Welcoming the provision this service, Dr. Mary McCaffrey, Consultant Obstetrician/ Gynaecologist at the Scotia Clinic and Kerry General Hospital outlined the rationale behind the affiliation with Sims.

"Since its opening in 2002, at the Scotia Clinic I have encountered many couples who have required access to fertility services. To date this has necessitated people from Kerry and the surrounding region to travel outside the county for the services they require, placing undue pressure and strain in an already challenging situation. Many of these services could have effectively been provided locally. With our affiliation with Sims, I am pleased to announce, that now at Scotia, comprehensive fertility services (aside from two visits to Dublin) can be provided in-house by our team of trained clinical staff with the support and assistance of the specialist team at Sims."

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pictured at the launch of Sims @ Scotia were from left to right: Dr Tony Walsh, Dr Mary McCaffrey and Dr David Walsh.

The Scotia Clinic will operate as a satellite service of Sims, while continuing to provide its already extensive range of services in pregnancy care, antenatal and parenting services and gynaecology care.

Dr. Tony Walsh, Chairman and Medical Director of Sims, in his address also welcomed the partnership with the Scotia Clinic and acknowledged the foresight of those involved in Scotia in ensuring that the people of Kerry can have access within the county to the full complement of fertility services, otherwise available only in larger urban centres.

"We welcome this new partnership of Sims with the Scotia Clinic. This will bring the full range of fertility treatments such as IVF to the people in Kerry. I look forward to the continuation of an excellent working relationship with Dr Mary McCaffrey and her team and we at Sims appreciate their exceptional experience and training in fertility treatment. We look forward to the synergies that can be achieved in the provision of this valuable service".

The Scotia Clinic first opened in 2002 and is situated on the outskirts of Tralee town. They provide a range of maternity & gynaecology and infertility services. The staff of the clinic, under the leadership of Dr Mary McCaffrey, is dedicated to providing services that deliver a modern and up to date level of care to women in Kerry and Munster.

Please visit their web site on http://www.scotiaclinic.com/ for more information.