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Remote outback town Innamincka to get telehealth clinic
BY CASEY BRIGGSABOUT 2 HOURS AGO
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While Innamincka has a small population, it is a tourist drawcard.
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A remote South Australian town which has a population of just 12 people, but more than 50,000 visitors each year, will soon have a "self-service" telehealth clinic.
PHOTO The clinic will be run by RFDS, which operates planes like this one.
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The South Australian Government has funded about half of the $800,000 clinic through the state's Regional Growth Fund.
Regional Development Minister Tim Whetstone said the service was long overdue.
"We feel that having a permanent facility up at Innamincka is what outback communities expect," Mr Whetstone said.
"[Innamincka] also has over 50,000 tourists passing through it annually."
Clinic will also offer mental health services
As well as space for nurses, general practice doctors and dental specialists, the new clinic is also set to have space dedicated for mental health services.
Ms Beach said the RFDS was trying to help people in regional areas manage "whole of life" mental health issues that many people were not comfortable discussing.
"What they're doing now is they go out to that community with a team of people, and they're there for two or three days," she said.
"So they're working with people and people gradually begin to engage, because mental health is quite a difficult thing."
Ms Beach said the demand on mental health services was growing dramatically.
"People dealing with droughts across this country at the moment has just exacerbated the issues," she said.
"It's their livelihood that's going, they're watching their stock die … it's just incessant [and] just doesn't stop."
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