The Federal Government has launched an inquiry into the low kidney-transplant rates for Indigenous patients

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.

Minister for Indigenous Health and Aged Care Ken Wyatt at the National Press Club in Canberra, Wednesday, October 25, 2017 Source: AAP

The Federal Government has launched an inquiry into the low kidney-transplant rates for Indigenous patients.

An expert panel has been asked to develop a national framework for an integrated model of care to reduce the higher rates of end-stage kidney disease among Indigenous people.

Federal Indigenous Health Minister Ken Wyatt says government funding of $250,000 would allow the Transplantation Society of Australia and New Zealand to lead a comprehensive review into the barriers faced by Indigenous people in receiving treatment for renal disease.