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There are over 60 friendly and competent Pika Wiya staff at four locations. There's a clinic for you at Dartmouth Street in Port Augusta, at Davenport Community via Port Augusta with Clinics and staff at both Copley and Nepabunna Communities. Funding to provide many programs - both clinical and in health education, has been obtained.
Our Health Workers are the first point of contact when you visit the clinics. The Health Workers can screen you and check:
The staff have been actively involved in medication management training, which will enable them to be conversant with the distribution and handling of medications. It is intended that Aboriginal Health Workers will acquire the skills necessary to effectively monitor a client's medication regime and talk to clients about their medication and how it helps prevent illness. As well as attending training in medication management, the staff are also continually upgrading skills and knowledge by attending T.A.F.E. to complete Primary Health Care Certificates or by attending other groups / sessions. An example of this would be the attendance of 8 workers at the Arthritis Foundation, - Train the Trainer Course earlier this year in March (2002). Health Workers are one of the most important resources the Service has because they:
Transport Service Pika
Wiya provides transport to clients. If public transport is not
available, the Service will provide it to and from the clinic or
specialist appointments. The "okay" for this transport has
to be given first by a Clinic Supervisor by telephoning
the Clinic to be visited.
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