Whats it like at Wuchopperen?
Wuchopperen is an Aboriginal Medical Service and is community controlled, that is, its Board of Management represent the local Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities it serves and is responsive to their needs. The service has around 110 staff, who are mostly Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. Its main clinic is in a surburb of Cairns approximately ten minutes from the city , and there is also a smaller clinic located in Atherton, about an hour and a quarters drive from Cairns. There is a dental van that provides dental care to outlying communities of Atherton, Mossman, Mt Garnet, Ravenshoe, Innisfail and Mareeba. Wuchopperen has also recently taken over the Health Service at Mt Isa, in North Western Queensland. In Cairns there are two main buildings. One is focused on medical health (eg GP clinic, diabetes clinic, womens health program, dental services etc). The other building focuses on social health and wellbeing, for example, there are counselling services, a d
