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The Australian Army Field Hospital staff who are operating the Community Medical Centre at Cowles Stadium have seen more than 600 patients since they set up the self-contained facility last week. The staff will be returning to Australia over the weekend and the surrounding General Practices are sufficiently restored to fully take up the medical case-load from Saturday.

The facility will remain on site for several more weeks to house health and community support services that are currently either ‘homeless’ but where there is a significant local need. The mobile community dental clinic will remain there as will physiotherapy services and the 10am and 5pm psychological support/grief counselling services. Plunket will move to alternate premises next week.