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.