HOME HILL SURGERY WELCOMES NEW DOCTOR

Home Hill Surgery is dedicated to reinvigorating regional health care by both broadening the services offered at the clinic and also bringing new highly skilled doctors to the Burdekin.

The latest recruit is Dr Mounika Cherabudla who joined the practice last month and brings with her a range of specialties including women’s health and chronic diseases.

“I am very blessed to be part of the Burdekin community,” said Dr Cherabudla.

“Prevention is better than cure and that’s the beauty of a GP Practice, we understand the patients in detail and offer that preventive care.”

Dr Mounika Cherabudla has recently joined the team at Home Hill Surgery. Photo credit: Melanie Napier Memories and Photography

A Vibrant Community Of Health Practitioners

For the past 10 years Dr Sarat Tata has operated a forward-thinking medical practice that has become a hub for all things health in the Burdekin.

His inspiring attitude and connections within the medical industry has attracted a range of medical practitioners who add to the diversity of services offered and provide the local community with the dedicated health care they deserve.

Dr Mounika Cherabudla is the latest professional to join the team which now boasts five doctors, one registered nurse, one enrolled nurse, five medical receptionists and a range of other medical experts who visit the clinic on a regular basis.

Dr Cherabudla has been practicing medicine for the past four years having gained her qualifications in her home-country of India.

In 2021 she moved to the UK where she completed a Masters in Applied Public Health, following which she started the long process of pursuing a career as a GP in Australia, which can take up to 18 months.

Upon moving to Australia, Dr Cherabudla worked as a GP in Townsville for eight months before joining the team at Home Hill Surgery in July.

“I like the small countryside environment of the Burdekin, I am a bit of a nature lover and I really like living here, the people are lovely,” she said.

“As a GP I enjoy practicing holistic healthcare – dealing with ailments but also mental and social factors which give me a good opportunity to understand where the disease arises and learn more about the patients through GP care.”

Specialising in women’s healthcare, Dr Cherabudla also has an interest in helping patients manage chronic diseases, diabetes, hypertension and chronic kidney diseases.

She has also loved the challenge in working with the community’s elderly which has enabled her to have an understanding of ‘complete medicine’.

Dr Cherabudla moved to Home Hill with her husband who is now looking for local work within the IT industry or similar business.

They have a four-year-old son who is currently living with family in India and is due to move over as soon as they are settled.

“I am very grateful for the support of my parents, my sister and my brother,” shared Dr Cherabudla.

“I am also very blessed to be around Dr Tata who is a very inspiring person – supportive and encouraging to be around.”

Dr Tata said he is thrilled to be bringing new doctors to the team and explained it is a long and complicated process due to strict regulations.

The Home Hill Surgery has 5,600 active patients and Dr Tata’s dedicated work has been recognised several times, namely in 2019 when he was named Queensland GP of the year.

Home Hill Surgery offers GP healthcare five days a week, on-site pathology and ultrasound services, Burdekin Hearing, a dentist who visits monthly, a physio coming soon, skin cancer medicine centre and surgery, Allied Health, North and West Remote Health, chronic pain management and nutritional medicine services.

Dr. Dwija Karumanchi, Dr. Pavani Ganapathi, Dr, Sarat Tata, Dr. Mounika Cherabudla and Dr. Priyanka Rapelli. Photo credit: Melanie Napier Memories and Photography

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