Asylum Seeker Health

Asylum Seeker Access to DHS Services: A new DHS pamphlet provides information on Medicare ineligible asylum seekers access to public hospital services and other DHS program areas such as ambulance, community health, public dental, disability aids and equipment. Click here or go to: http://www.dhs.vic.gov.au/multicultural/html/refugee_action.htm

Hospital Circular (2005) Asylum Seeker Access to state public health services: including provision of full medical care including, pathology, diagnostic, pharmaceutical and other services in Victorian hospitals.
www.health.vic.gov.au/hospitalcirculars/circ05/circ2705.htm

Australian Red Cross

Asylum Seeker’s Assistance Scheme (ASAS)
Ph: (03) 8327 7700
www.redcross.org.au/vic/services_asylumseeker.htm

Asylum Seeker Project - Hotham Mission

Ph: (03) 9326 8343
http://asp.hothammission.org.au/

Medicare ineligible asylum seekers pro bono GP services

Asylum Seekers Resource Centre West Melbourne

Health Centre, Mon to Fri, 10am to 4pm
Ph: (03) 9326 6066
www.asrc.org.au/
Brochure

Banyule Community Health
Greenborough location: 3 / 25-33 Grimshaw Street, Greenborough
West Heidelberg location: 21 Alamein Road, West Heidelberg

Ph: (03) 9450 2000

Dandenong Hospital Refugee Health Clinic GP Services to Medicare-ineligible Asylum Seekers: this service will run fortnightly on Monday afternoons, beginning 16th March 2009. There will be no service charge for eligible Asylum Seekers. Pharmaceuticals may attract a small co-payment. 
Click here for details, eligibility and referral procedures.

Further information contact: Dr. I-Hao Cheng, Refugee Health Program Coordinator
Dandenong Casey General Practice Association, Email: i.cheng@dcgpa.com.au 

Ph: (03) 8792 1900

Doutta Galla Community Health Service
12 Gower Street, Kensington, 3031
Ph: (03) 8378 1600

Cardinia Casey Asylum Seeker and Refugee Health Clinic – Doveton Site
67 Power Road
Doveton 3177
Ph: (03) 9212 5700

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