A UW Hospital spokeswoman said today that officials were unaware of tensions between doctors at its fertility clinic, including claims of sexual harassment and gender discrimination, before deciding to close the facility this year.
“The reason that the hospital closed the clinic had very little to do with the staff dissension because most of those reports had not surfaced to the level of senior leadership until very recently,” said UW Hospital spokeswoman Lisa Brunette.
Brunette maintained the hospital chose to close the clinic because of a lack of adequate space and appropriate facilities.