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Founded in 2008, Bullinah Aboriginal Health Service provides primary healthcare to Aboriginal people in and around Ballina and Cabbage Tree Island.<\/p>\n
It also runs programs focused on health promotion, social and emotional wellbeing, and the management of chronic disease.<\/p>\n
The new three-storey facility will house clinical services on the ground floor, social workers and allied health teams on the second level, and staff offices and a boardroom on the third.<\/p>\n
The project will also include upgrades to reception and the gift shop, new air conditioning, polished concrete floors and an external pathway.<\/p>\n
Architecture firm Kaunitz Yeung designed the building, with funding support from state and federal governments. The final federal grant of $2.9 million was secured in November, along with development application approval.<\/p>\n
The health service also contributed $2.4 million of its own funding to support the build.<\/p>\n
“Strong financial management, particularly over the last 10 years has allowed us to contribute $2.4 million,” Samuelsson said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
CONSTRUCTION will soon begin on a $15 million health facility for Bullinah Aboriginal Health Service, almost a decade after the project was first proposed. The new centre will bring the service’s seven Ballina sites under one roof on Tamar Street, with a multi-level building offering GP care, specialist services, elderly care, a mums and bubs […]<\/p>\n