A fully bulk-billed GP and allied health clinic in Canberra’s south has closed its doors, making what it called a “deeply difficult and disappointing decision” to enter voluntary administration.
The Interchange Health Co-operative (IHCO) in Tuggeranong, which had almost 5,000 patients on its books, went into administration after a board meeting yesterday.
In a statement IHCO said after six years of providing services to “some of Canberra’s most vulnerable community members” it had struggled to raise enough income to cover costs and attract enough doctors under its fully bulk billed business model.
IHCO patient Maryam Khazaeli Dobson said when she heard the Co-operative had entered voluntary administration she was “devastated, to say the…
