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Welcome to our new chair of the Torres and Cape Hospital and Health Board, Ella Kris! Ella is a proud Torres Strait Islander woman, with cultural connection to the land and sea from her father from Mabuiag, Saibai and St Pauls and her mother from Mer and Erub. She carries and lives by her mother’s totem Serar (tern bird).

Ella brings more than 20 years of experience within the health industry and through volunteering within her community to lead, support and empower health changes within community.

Her current work role includes developing, planning and implementing sustainable health related activities within our communities.

Ella said she was pleased and honoured to have been appointed to the position.

“I am passionate about serving the people of Cape York, the Northern Peninsula Area and Torres Strait and humble that I will be able to do so,” Ella said.

“I know I have a strong and dedicated board behind me, committed to taking our health service forward.’’

Ella said improving health outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians required a deep understanding of the diversity of Indigenous peoples’ lives.

“Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples conceive life and death as ‘whole of life,” she said.

“As such, the delivery of healthcare to Indigenous communities is far more than just a clinical service.

“That hasn’t been long enough to overcome two centuries of marginalisation, so we still have some way to go, with all of us – Indigenous and non–Indigenous – working together to Close the Gap.

“Come sit with us, listen to our life experiences, listen to our history, understand our diverse culture.

“Let’s start by working together with the best interests of people of the land and sea at heart.”

For more information visit www.health.qld.gov.au/torres-cape/html/our-board ... See more

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