Omega Mind Clinics to deliver much-needed mental health services to Springfield region

A new medical centre has opened in Springfield, welcoming six psychiatrists dedicated to mental health services. It will also reduce wait and travel times for local residents.

A new medical centre has opened in Springfield with a team of experienced psychiatrists dedicated to bolstering much-needed mental health services and reducing wait times for patients.

Omega Mind Clinics opened on Wednesday, with two new specialist suites.

It will have a team of six psychiatrists with a “patient-centred and recovery focused” approach to treating mental health disorders.

The clinic aims to reduce wait times and travel for local patients and families of all backgrounds, many of whom sometimes need treatment in Brisbane.

Omega Mind Clinics co-director and neuropsychiatrist Dr Jasvinder Singh said the clinic was established to serve the Springfield community.

“We will be working very closely with primary care physicians in providing excellent mental health care to the patients,” he said.

“We are thankful to the GPs for recognising our services at such an early stage, thereby encouraging us to work even harder in achieving a common goal of better patient care.”

A new specialist mental health clinic has opened in Springfield.

Dr Singh said Omega Mind Clinics was a “multicultural practice, catering to the unique needs and challenges for people with varied backgrounds”.

“We draw upon our own diverse backgrounds, as well as our extensive international training across the UK, US and Australia,” he said.

“Our highly-trained psychiatrists diagnose and treat a wide range of mental health and neuropsychiatric conditions across the different age groups, children, adult and old age.”

Dr Singh said the clinics were perfectly positioned to tap into growing demand in Springfield, where the population of 46,000 is expected to triple over the next two decades.

He said an important factor in the decision to set up in Springfield was the proximity to the new 174-bed Mater Public Hospital.

To be built in Health City Springfield Central, it will be an integrated health precinct housing specialist medical suites and the existing 80-bed Mater Private Hospital.

Dr Jasvinder Singh, Caitlin Day, Springfield City Group Commercial Development director Umah Ranchigoda, Dr Sampath Arvapalli and Dr Shahzad Ali.

“We genuinely are very excited about the role we will play moving forward, and the fact that we will be working side-by-side with other health-related specialists in the region,” he said.

“We’ve already put in plans in place to expand our service by introducing Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation and other novel therapies.

“We hope to double the number of our psychiatrists and bring in psychologists to join our team in the New Year, with that number to hopefully keep growing”.

The clinic currently has a three-month wait list, with Covid-19 contributing to the delays, but that would decrease with the addition of new doctors.

“While the general public awareness of mental health conditions has risen in recent years, there is an increasing need for specialist mental health services right across the board,” Dr Singh said.

Springfield City Group Commercial Development director Umah Ranchigoda welcomed Omega Mind Clinics to Health City.

“The pandemic has shown just how much we need a strong healthcare system in place to care for the community,” Ms Ranchigoda said.

“While this is not just an issue for Springfield City.

“We want to work proactively, rather than reactively, with health professionals like Omega Mind Clinics to ensure we address the long-term health care needs of the entire region.

“Certainly the announcement has generated a lot of interest from medical specialists and allied health professionals wanting to establish themselves in our city.”