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Panel to study Indigenous barriers in kidney care

Minister for Indigenous Health and Aged Care Ken Wyatt

Source: AAP

An expert panel will investigate and identify barriers faced by Indigenous people in need of kidney donations to help ensure equitable access to life-saving transplants. Image: Indigenous Health and Aged Care Minister Ken Wyatt (AAP)


Research shows non-Indigenous patients are nearly four times more likely than Indigenous patients to receive kidney transplants and Indigenous people are also nine times as likely to rely on dialysis.

 


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