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Partners
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Puntukurnu Aboriginal Medical Service
Puntukurnu Aboriginal Medical Service presently provides services to Jigalong, Punmu, Kunawarritji and Parnngurr with a client base of 830 and growing.
PAMS’ Clinics are located at Jigalong (Hub), Punmu, Parnngurr and Kunawarritji; for reference the straight line distance from Jigalong to Kunawarritji is approximately 430 kilometres, the distance from Kunawarritji to Port Hedland by road is 763 kilometers.
PAMS has over 830 registered clients with the majority living in Jigalong.
Just over 90% of the clients are Aboriginal with most being Martu. During 2009 – 2010 over 20,000 Episodes of Care were provided by the medical staff, GPs, Nurses and Aboriginal Health Workers.