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Minister for Health and Ambulance Services The Honourable Yvette D Ath
Work on the $17.4 million redevelopment of four Torres Strait island primary healthcare centres has reached the halfway point with two islands completed.
Health and Ambulance Services Minister Yvette D’Ath said the redevelopment of the primary healthcare centres (PHCC) on Poruma (Coconut) and Masig (Yorke) islands had been finished.
Minister D’Ath said the island PHCC works are part of $100 million worth of capital projects for the Torres and Cape HHS either completed in the past three years, underway, or in the planning stages
“With the works on Poruma and Masig now complete, staff will begin relocating into the new facilities in early May,” she said.
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The Queensland government will pause the rollout of COVID-19 vaccines in the Torres Strait for up to a month, with extensive community consultation to be undertaken to address concerns before its restart.
Torres and Cape Hospital and Health Service executive director Tony Brown says the issues affecting the delivery of the AstraZeneca vaccine has affected communities in the region. It is vital that we reach out to each community and provide them with clear information and advice about the vaccines, the risks and benefits associated with them and anything else our communities might want to know prior to restarting the vaccination program, Dr Brown said.