‘It’s a scandal’: GP who worked with murdered nurse says little has changed
It's six years since Gayle Woodford was murdered but her old health service is still waiting on government support, says GP Dr Martin Kelly
A GP who worked with murdered nurse Gayle Woodford says his Aboriginal health clinic is sacrificing clinical care because of the financial costs of keeping its doctors and nurses safe — even six years later.
Dr Martin Kelly is the senior medical officer at Nganampa Health Council, the Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation that employed Ms Woodford, who was murdered in 2016.
Ms Woodford, 56, was found in a roadside grave near Kaltjiti, also known as Fregon, a community of just 250 people in SA’s Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara (APY) Lands.
Her murder prompted the SA Government to pass ‘Gayle’s Law’, which mandated that outback health workers were always accompanied by a support person for unscheduled or after-hours work.
