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First Walk-In Clinic for Remote Indigenous Community | Sydney News
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For the first time in Australia, the Royal Flying Doctor Service is partnering with the Ngarnal Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Service on Mornington Island to launch a five-day-a-week walk-in clinic — putting local community control at the heart of healthcare delivery. Designed to tackle chronic disease and soaring mortality rates, this model brings consistent, culturally respectful care directly to residents who’ve long felt neglected by traditional services. With rotating RFDS staff working alongside local clinicians, the clinic builds trust through relationship-based care — a blueprint experts believe can transform health equity across remote Indigenous communities nationwide.
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