Govt urged to rethink dialysis funding snub
The South Australian Opposition says kidney disease patients from the state's far north-west Aboriginal lands are being forced to drive distances equivalent to going from Sydney to Adelaide to get...
View ArticleIndigenous patients in limbo over dialysis row
South Australian Aborigines are travelling hundreds of kilometres away from their communities for renal dialysis because of an impasse between the South Australian and Northern Territory Governments.
View ArticleDialysis treatment hope for APY Lands
Leaders on the remote Aboriginal Lands of South Australia's far north-west say the South Australian Government has committed to funding renal dialysis services on the Lands.
View Article'Urgent' fix sought for APY dialysis woes
A Labor MP says it is hoped her party will make a strong commitment in the next couple of weeks to fixing problems with access to kidney dialysis on Aboriginal lands in South Australia's far north-west.
View Article'Commonsense' fix urged for dialysis dilemma
Aboriginal groups say the Northern Territory and South Australian governments are refusing to take responsibility for the critical shortage of dialysis places in Alice Springs.
View ArticleDialysis crisis 'beyond a joke'
Renal dialysis patients in central Australia continue to suffer as the SA and NT Governments argue over who should care for them.
View ArticleFederal action demanded on dialysis dilemma
The Senate has voted in favour of a Greens' motion calling on the Federal Government to intervene in a deadlock between the South Australian and Northern Territory governments over renal dialysis...
View ArticleNT accused of discriminating against SA renal patients
The Labor Member whose electorate covers South Australia's far north says it is up to the Northern Territory to lift a ban on renal patients from the far north-west Aboriginal lands, not South Australia.
View ArticleDialysis snub to leave patients 'dying prematurely'
A Senate committee has been told renal patients are likely to die prematurely and painfully because they cannot get treatment.
View ArticleInquiry urged into dialysis 'crisis'
The main health provider on the remote Aboriginal Lands of outback South Australia says there needs to be a formal inquiry into a renal dialysis crisis in the central desert.
View ArticleHealth council questions APY dialysis report delay
An Aboriginal health council says questions need to be asked about a delay in releasing a report about dialysis services on South Australia's remote APY lands.
View ArticleDoubt cast over dialysis study impact
Aboriginal groups say a long-awaited study into delivering renal dialysis in central Australia will do little to solve the problem.
View ArticleLocals at odds with Govt on dialysis service
Aboriginal groups want a locally-based renal dialysis service established in the APY Lands. The Government says only a mobile service is currently considered.
View ArticleAPY mobile dialysis trial starts
The South Australian Government's first mobile dialysis trial begins in the APY Lands today, in the state's far north.
View ArticleAPY mobile dialysis service extended
Country Health SA says the success of a trial mobile dialysis service in the state's far north APY Lands last year has led to the program continuing.
View ArticleSA to get own renal dialysis truck
South Australia is expected to have its own renal dialysis truck by mid-year.
View ArticleDoubt cast over APY dialysis treatment cost-effectiveness
Dignity for Disabilities MLC Kelly Vincent has questioned the cost efficiency of transporting dialysis patients from the APY Lands, in South Australia's far north, for treatment.
View ArticleSA Opposition pledges to fund permanent dialysis facilities on APY Lands
A lack of permanent dialysis facilities on remote indigenous lands in South Australia's outback is tearing communities apart and eroding culture, locals and welfare groups say. Many patients are forced...
View ArticleNew mobile dialysis truck to visit kidney disease patients in outback SA
Kidney disease patients in remote Aboriginal communities will soon have access to a dedicated South Australian mobile dialysis truck. Country Health SA will fund the staffing and operating costs of the...
View ArticleSA Health renal truck helps APY Lands patients return home during treatment
Dozens of Indigenous people from South Australia's remote APY Lands are forced to relocate to receive treatment for kidney disease.
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