$2 per week medical centre a 'lifesaver' for Christchurch families

That meant tapping into her food or electricity budget, she said.
She enrolled in He Waka Tipu's Wainoni Whānau Ora Clinic soon after it opened this year. The clinic charged just $2 a week for free medical care for a household, no matter how big.
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Joanne Palmer, who has custody of her grandson, says being able to access the Whānau Ora service is a “lifesaver”.
Health costs had been a “huge worry”, so the new clinic was a “lifesaver”.
From July this year, the Travis Medical Centre signed up for a Government subsidy to offer low cost appointment fees of $19.50 for Community Service Card holders, like Palmer.

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