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.