Filipino Health, Beauty and Wellness in Hobart

Dr Erwin Lusad is a GP at Ochre Medical Centre John Street in Kingston, south of Hobart. He trained in the Philippines, has worked in general practice and emergency medicine, and consults in English or Tagalog.

Dr Joseph Chester Malaca is a GP at Newdegate Street Health Centre in West Hobart who speaks English and Tagalog. A University of Santo Tomas graduate with more than a decade in Philippine public hospitals, he focuses on chronic disease, especially hypertension and diabetes, and preventive medicine.

Francheska Angela Lirios is an optometrist at Bailey Nelson Hobart on Murray Street in the Hobart CBD. Optometry Australia's practitioner directory lists her as speaking Filipino, and the store offers bulk-billed eye tests, glasses and contact lenses.

Beauty studio on Elizabeth Street in North Hobart offering lashes, facials and skincare, makeup, hair styling, waxing and brow threading, by booking.

Virginia's Beauty & Care is a family-run beauty and skin clinic in Kingston, founded in 1986 by Virginia Barcial Brittain and now run with her daughter Krystle, a story covered by SBS Filipino in 2026. It offers facials, waxing, tanning, lash extensions and cosmetic tattooing.