Mediclinic Middle East has acquired a minority stake in Bourn Hall International Mena, the holding company for Bourn Hall Fertility Centre in the UAE.

Mediclinic Middle East is part of Mediclinic International, a private hospital group with three operating platforms in Southern Africa, Switzerland and the UAE. It also has a 29.9 per cent shareholding in Spire Healthcare in the UK.

Mediclinic says the Bourn Hall acquisition lays the foundation for a partnership focused on a long-term expansion of assisted reproduction services in the region.

In a first step, Bourn Hall Fertility Centre will take over operations of Mediclinic Middle East’s existing IVF clinic located at Mediclinic Al-Ain Hospital, and operate it as Bourn Hall International.

Bourn Hall came to the Middle East in 2010 with specialist private equity firm TVM Capital Healthcare.