Indigenous Health Services Boosted in Brisbane's South
Indigenous communities living in Brisbane’s south will benefit from a newly refurbished building as part of an upgrade to the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Community Health Service.
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4 December 2009
Indigenous communities living in Brisbane’s south will benefit from a newly refurbished building as part of an upgrade to the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Community Health Service (ATSICHS).
Minister for Indigenous Health, Rural and Regional Health, and Regional Services Delivery, Warren Snowdon today officially opened the new building that will provide around 7,000 people in the Logan and Woodridge areas with access to enhanced medical services.
The Rudd Government provided $522,500 for ATSICHS to purchase the building and $1,039,500 for its refurbishment. The new facility will house two full-time general practitioners, with another doctor joining the clinic next year, to provide effective primary health care services to the local Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community.
Speaking at the opening celebrations, Mr Snowdon said the new ATSICHS facility will service an area with a high concentration of Brisbane’s 32,000 Indigenous residents, and will accommodate the second oldest Aboriginal Medical Service operating in Australia.
Opening in 1973, ATSICHS was established in response to a need for culturally appropriate health care, managed by the local community.
“Started by a small number of community volunteers and general practitioners, ATSICHS will receive funding of $6,615,418 from the Rudd Government this financial year for its operations.
“ATSICHS is and will continue to be a pivotal medical facility in South East Queensland, as we work closely with Indigenous communities to keep closing the gap for Indigenous Australians,” Mr Snowdon said.
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