Numbulwar is an Eastern Arnhem Land community of approximately 800 people. The main cultural group is the Nunggubuyu people. The main relationships are to Groote Eyland and Ngukurr communities. The clinic is a DHCS clinic with 2 nurses from DHCS, a Miwatj doctor, 3 full-time Aboriginal Health Workers (employed and paid through the council), 2 full-time Aboriginal Health Worker Trainees, one driver, and one full-time office staff/receptionist. The clinic is open for patients from Monday to Friday 9-12 and 1-4, and staff are on-call at all other times for emergencies. The afternoons are reserved for programs and chronic disease reviews.
We get support from DHCS with visiting resources: dentist every month, Psych team every 1-2 months, Occupational therapist every 1-2 months, Podiatry team twice a year, Optometrist twice a year, Child Health team from Gove for Healthy Kids Screening yearly, and others. Visiting specialists: Ophthalmologist with the Optometrist, Cardiologist with Echo technician every 9 months, Paediatrician – every 9-12 months, Physician every 6-12 months. Miwatj supplies to the clinic: the resident doctor (in clinic 8 sessions per week), visiting AHW for diabetic eye screening every 6-12 months, the Broadband internet service, and hopefully soon a computer system. They also came in 2005 to do a Men’s Health Screening.