New mobile dialysis bus to visit communities
Northern Territory Renal Services says its mobile dialysis bus is now fully operational and will be a regular visitor to communities.
View ArticleKidney disease rampant in NT, report shows
New figures show the Northern Territory rate for end-stage kidney disease is about three times that of other parts of the nation.
View ArticleDialysis dilemma far from resolved
Outback communities say they are disappointed by the findings of a Federal Government investigation of renal dialysis services in central Australia.
View ArticleDreaming of a new kidney
What's your dream? For NAIDOC Week ABC Open is launching a new project called Dreambox. As part of the project we're asking Indigenous Australians to tell us their dreams for the future.
View ArticleDesert trek to raise funds for dialysis unit
A Melbourne man will walk more than 1,000 kilometres from Alice Springs to six Western Desert communities to raise funds for a mobile dialysis unit.
View ArticleProblems continue for dialysis patients in remote areas
Patients at the Western Desert Dialysis Centre in Alice Springs, and across the remote north and west, are struggling with problems of accommodation, access to water, food or sanitation. Many are...
View ArticleHostel for dialysis patients ends living it rough
A new hostel has opened in Alice Springs, offering 40 places for people travelling from remote Northern Territory communities for dialysis treatment.
View ArticleTerritory still worst in nation for renal problems
Official figures show the Northern Territory still has the highest rates of kidney transplants and dialysis treatment in the country.
View ArticleDiabetes drug breakthrough hope for Indigenous
A new drug for diabetics is expected to improve the treatment of high levels of chronic kidney disease in Indigenous communities.
View ArticleA long way from home
Like many other renal patients from remote aboriginal communities, artist Cliff Reid is a long way from home
View ArticleResearchers examine Indigenous kidney disease
Researchers are undertaking the first-ever longitudinal study of kidney disease in remote Australia.
View ArticleNT knocks back $10m and cries poor on renal plan
The Northern Territory Government will hand back $10 million in Commonwealth funding intended to be used for the accommodation of dialysis patients at Alice Springs and Tennant Creek.
View ArticleNew group to help Aboriginal renal patients get home
"Alice Springs is the epicentre of renal failure", new lobby group tired of waiting for change.
View ArticleRemote renal services funding wrangle festers
The Northern Territory Opposition has accused the Country Liberals of failing to come up with a proper plan to deliver renal services to people in remote central Australia.
View ArticleCritics want to stop bush renal services stoush
A stoush over $10 million earmarked to be spent on renal treatment continues in central Australia and critics say it needs to end.
View ArticleNew group to help Aboriginal renal patients get home
"Alice Springs is the epicentre of renal failure", new lobby group tired of waiting for change.
View ArticleDarwin kidney disease exhibition depicts Tony Abbott and cabinet ministers on...
Prominent Australians including the Prime Minister are depicted on dialysis in a Darwin exhibition about kidney disease among Aboriginal people.
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