Mossman Gorge's health services have come a long way from a lone doctor consulting patients at the foot of a tree, says health care manager Sharyll Ellington.

Ms Ellington's mother was one of the first health workers to regularly treat and visit the Indigenous community's residents more than 30 years ago.

"She used to come out to community every day and do her home visits and education sessions," she says. 

"Back then she made all the health pamphlets and education posters by hand." 

Around the same time, Dr Douglas Quarry started visiting the community, taking his bedside manner to the shade of a large tree near the rainforest. 

"That was one of the consult rooms," Ms Ellington says. "It was very relaxed back then."

Today Ms Ellington runs Apunipima’s Mossman Gorge Primary Health Care Centre, the only Aboriginal community controlled primary health centre on Cape York.

The recently renovated centre boasts two nurses, three health workers and a receptionist.

Three doctors work on rotation and are available by appointment three days a week. 

87 per cent of community members have regular check ups through the clinic with some people travelling from as far as Wujal Wujal and Hope Vale to seek treatment at the centre.

Ms Ellington says she's proud to have carried on her mother's work and help achieve better health outcomes for her community.

"I'm following in her footsteps, I s'pose and fighting just as hard," she says. 

"This community lobbied long and hard to have doctors work in Mossman Gorge. 

"To see the final product, our new clinic and the extensions ... it's something to be very proud of." 

On Wednesday, the Governor-General, His Excellency General the Honourable Sir Peter Cosgrove and Her Excellency Lady Cosgrove will visit the health care centre to meet staff, senior community stakeholders and community members.

Apunipima Cape York Health Council CEO Cleveland Fagan says the centre reflects the community's desire to close the gap between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians. 

"Community control is all about self-determination, local decision making and empowerment," Mr Fagan says. 

"The health care centre is a genuine example of Aboriginal health in Aboriginal hands."

Ms Ellington says diabetes still remains a concern in the community.

A male health worker started working in the community last year.