PHOTO: The WAMS Sandon Street property in Brewarinna has received funding for an upgrade.
Frustration was apparent in the 2022 annual report of the Walgett Aboriginal Medical Service (WAMS).
Mary Purse, the chairperson of the WAMS Board of Directors noted that “for some fifteen years past, the federal government are not responding to WAMS formal applications for the expansion of the Sandon Street property.”
“With each passing year, staffing of this property is limited, renovations are not possible, given WAMS are not the legal owners of the property, expansions of clinical care is restricted due to lack of office space,” Ms Purse said.
Efforts to access funding have finally paid off with WAMS recently being awarded funding from the Federal Government’s $120 million allocated for major capital works at community‑controlled organisations…