Tears of relief as Australia's first women's-only trauma clinic opens in Thirroul

Kate McIlwain
Updated August 15 2022 - 7:36pm, first published 3:30pm
Bittersweet: Dr Karen Williams says there's been a huge response to the new Australia-first women's health facility in Thirroul. Picture: Sylvia Liber.
Bittersweet: Dr Karen Williams says there's been a huge response to the new Australia-first women's health facility in Thirroul. Picture: Sylvia Liber.

On Sunday night, Dr Karen Williams snuck in to have one last look around Thirroul's new women's-only hospital for victims and survivors of trauma and domestic violence before the first patients arrived on Monday.

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Kate McIlwain

Kate McIlwain

Journalist

For more than a decade, I've helped the Illawarra Mercury set the news agenda across the region. Currently I'm the paper's health reporter - covering the stories of Illawarra workers and residents in the wake of a global pandemic and at a time where our health systems are stretched to the limit.

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