Thursday, 10 February 2022

Western Metropolitan Region

Dr CUMMING (Western Metropolitan) (12:37): (1613) My question is for the Minister for Health in the other place, and it is from a resident in Tarneit. Dr Daniel Nour was appointed Young Australian of the Year. He identified a gap in the health care of vulnerable people in New South Wales, so he set up a not-for-profit mobile medical service for people experiencing homelessness. It has changed the lives of more than 300 patients. It has treated many illnesses, and it has dealt with neglected medical needs and detected conditions that would otherwise have gone unnoticed. They include diabetes, hepatitis C, HIV, heart disease and cancers. My constituent sees a need for such a service in western Melbourne, so his question is: will the government urgently look at establishing such a service in Western Metropolitan Region?