❓ The Minister for Health details funding and expansion plans for renal dialysis services in the Kimberley region to assist Indigenous patients, addressing the need for local treatment and reducing displacement to Perth.
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RENAL DIALYSIS SERVICES — INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES
I understand that more than a third of all Indigenous patients requiring dialysis reside in the Kimberley, and also a large proportion reside in the north west. Can the minister advise the house of any recent developments in renal dialysis services that will assist the Indigenous communities in the Kimberley? Dr K.D. HAMES
I understand that more than a third of all Indigenous patients requiring dialysis reside in the Kimberley, and also a large proportion reside in the north west. Can the minister advise the house of any recent developments in renal dialysis services that will assist the Indigenous communities in the Kimberley? Dr K.D. HAMES
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Yes, I can. I was going to acknowledge, on behalf of the member for Fremantle, the presence in the gallery of students from Richmond Primary School, but I think they have gone now. However, I have some good news. The health department has introduced a package that strongly assists the people in the member for North West’s electorate. I noticed that the member for Kimberley was out of the chamber for a second. I was looking to see whether the member for Kimberley had come across to our side in anticipation of this good news for her electorate. Mrs C.A. Martin : No, you’re dreaming, sonny. Dr K.D. HAMES : Here we are yet again providing good news for the member for Kimberley’s electorate. We look after the member’s area up there. Some members may recall that in dealing with our good friends from the commonwealth in trying to get an allocation from the health infrastructure fund, we put forward as our highest priority funding to assist Aboriginal patients in the Kimberley by expanding the Kimberley renal dialysis service. An excellent proposal had been put to us by the Kimberley Aboriginal Medical Service, and we sought support from the commonwealth, which we got. We received $8.6 million of federal funding, and also funding of $4 million for accommodation in Kununurra. We are adding to that amount $12 million of state funding for the recurrent costs of expanding that program. Currently, of about 100 patients from the Kimberley who are having renal dialysis, sadly about a third — Several members interjected. Mr E.S. Ripper : They’re a bit of a problem, those Nationals. Dr K.D. HAMES : Yes. They are a bit unruly, are they not? About a third of them have to stay in Perth. Often, they even stay in parks because of the lack of accommodation. Thirty patients come from the Kimberley—they are away from their families, their friends and their homes—to have renal dialysis in order to survive. Therefore, we have expanded the system to allow them to go back to their homelands. Part of the money, $8.082 million, is going to Derby to allow the Derby dialysis unit to expand to treat 24 patients. It will eventually have a full capacity of 40 patients. An amount of $3.844 million is going to create a new dialysis service in Kununurra. This is a great step forward for people living in the Kimberley. We know that there is a significant deterioration in the renal health of Aboriginal patients, which is something that we are working on. However, in the meantime, we expect that number of 100 who need dialysis to go up to 140 over the next three to four years. Therefore, this will be a great boon to those areas. Aboriginal people will be able to stay up there and get proper care, and not have to leave their families and come to Perth. Once again, this government is making sure, member for Kimberley, that it looks after the people of the Kimberley.
Dr K.D. HAMES replied: Yes, I can. I was going to acknowledge, on behalf of the member for Fremantle, the presence in the gallery of students from Richmond Primary School, but I think they have gone now. However, I have some good news. The health department has introduced a package that strongly assists the people in the member for North West’s electorate. I noticed that the member for Kimberley was out of the chamber for a second. I was looking to see whether the member for Kimberley had come across to our side in anticipation of this good news for her electorate. Mrs C.A. Martin : No, you’re dreaming, sonny. Dr K.D. HAMES : Here we are yet again providing good news for the member for Kimberley’s electorate. We look after the member’s area up there. Some members may recall that in dealing with our good friends from the commonwealth in trying to get an allocation from the health infrastructure fund, we put forward as our highest priority funding to assist Aboriginal patients in the Kimberley by expanding the Kimberley renal dialysis service. An excellent proposal had been put to us by the Kimberley Aboriginal Medical Service, and we sought support from the commonwealth, which we got. We received $8.6 million of federal funding, and also funding of $4 million for accommodation in Kununurra. We are adding to that amount $12 million of state funding for the recurrent costs of expanding that program. Currently, of about 100 patients from the Kimberley who are having renal dialysis, sadly about a third — Several members interjected. Mr E.S. Ripper : They’re a bit of a problem, those Nationals. Dr K.D. HAMES : Yes. They are a bit unruly, are they not? About a third of them have to stay in Perth. Often, they even stay in parks because of the lack of accommodation. Thirty patients come from the Kimberley—they are away from their families, their friends and their homes—to have renal dialysis in order to survive. Therefore, we have expanded the system to allow them to go back to their homelands. Part of the money, $8.082 million, is going to Derby to allow the Derby dialysis unit to expand to treat 24 patients. It will eventually have a full capacity of 40 patients. An amount of $3.844 million is going to create a new dialysis service in Kununurra. This is a great step forward for people living in the Kimberley. We know that there is a significant deterioration in the renal health of Aboriginal patients, which is something that we are working on. However, in the meantime, we expect that number of 100 who need dialysis to go up to 140 over the next three to four years. Therefore, this will be a great boon to those areas. Aboriginal people will be able to stay up there and get proper care, and not have to leave their families and come to Perth. Once again, this government is making sure, member for Kimberley, that it looks after the people of the Kimberley.
Yes, I can. I was going to acknowledge, on behalf of the member for Fremantle, the presence in the gallery of students from Richmond Primary School, but I think they have gone now. However, I have some good news. The health department has introduced a package that strongly assists the people in the member for North West’s electorate. I noticed that the member for Kimberley was out of the chamber for a second. I was looking to see whether the member for Kimberley had come across to our side in anticipation of this good news for her electorate. Mrs C.A. Martin : No, you’re dreaming, sonny. Dr K.D. HAMES : Here we are yet again providing good news for the member for Kimberley’s electorate. We look after the member’s area up there. Some members may recall that in dealing with our good friends from the commonwealth in trying to get an allocation from the health infrastructure fund, we put forward as our highest priority funding to assist Aboriginal patients in the Kimberley by expanding the Kimberley renal dialysis service. An excellent proposal had been put to us by the Kimberley Aboriginal Medical Service, and we sought support from the commonwealth, which we got. We received $8.6 million of federal funding, and also funding of $4 million for accommodation in Kununurra. We are adding to that amount $12 million of state funding for the recurrent costs of expanding that program. Currently, of about 100 patients from the Kimberley who are having renal dialysis, sadly about a third — Several members interjected. Mr E.S. Ripper : They’re a bit of a problem, those Nationals. Dr K.D. HAMES : Yes. They are a bit unruly, are they not? About a third of them have to stay in Perth. Often, they even stay in parks because of the lack of accommodation. Thirty patients come from the Kimberley—they are away from their families, their friends and their homes—to have renal dialysis in order to survive. Therefore, we have expanded the system to allow them to go back to their homelands. Part of the money, $8.082 million, is going to Derby to allow the Derby dialysis unit to expand to treat 24 patients. It will eventually have a full capacity of 40 patients. An amount of $3.844 million is going to create a new dialysis service in Kununurra. This is a great step forward for people living in the Kimberley. We know that there is a significant deterioration in the renal health of Aboriginal patients, which is something that we are working on. However, in the meantime, we expect that number of 100 who need dialysis to go up to 140 over the next three to four years. Therefore, this will be a great boon to those areas. Aboriginal people will be able to stay up there and get proper care, and not have to leave their families and come to Perth. Once again, this government is making sure, member for Kimberley, that it looks after the people of the Kimberley.
However, I have some good news. The health department has introduced a package that strongly assists the people in the member for North West’s electorate. I noticed that the member for Kimberley was out of the chamber for a second. I was looking to see whether the member for Kimberley had come across to our side in anticipation of this good news for her electorate. Mrs C.A. Martin : No, you’re dreaming, sonny. Dr K.D. HAMES : Here we are yet again providing good news for the member for Kimberley’s electorate. We look after the member’s area up there. Some members may recall that in dealing with our good friends from the commonwealth in trying to get an allocation from the health infrastructure fund, we put forward as our highest priority funding to assist Aboriginal patients in the Kimberley by expanding the Kimberley renal dialysis service. An excellent proposal had been put to us by the Kimberley Aboriginal Medical Service, and we sought support from the commonwealth, which we got. We received $8.6 million of federal funding, and also funding of $4 million for accommodation in Kununurra. We are adding to that amount $12 million of state funding for the recurrent costs of expanding that program. Currently, of about 100 patients from the Kimberley who are having renal dialysis, sadly about a third — Several members interjected. Mr E.S. Ripper : They’re a bit of a problem, those Nationals. Dr K.D. HAMES : Yes. They are a bit unruly, are they not? About a third of them have to stay in Perth. Often, they even stay in parks because of the lack of accommodation. Thirty patients come from the Kimberley—they are away from their families, their friends and their homes—to have renal dialysis in order to survive. Therefore, we have expanded the system to allow them to go back to their homelands. Part of the money, $8.082 million, is going to Derby to allow the Derby dialysis unit to expand to treat 24 patients. It will eventually have a full capacity of 40 patients. An amount of $3.844 million is going to create a new dialysis service in Kununurra. This is a great step forward for people living in the Kimberley. We know that there is a significant deterioration in the renal health of Aboriginal patients, which is something that we are working on. However, in the meantime, we expect that number of 100 who need dialysis to go up to 140 over the next three to four years. Therefore, this will be a great boon to those areas. Aboriginal people will be able to stay up there and get proper care, and not have to leave their families and come to Perth. Once again, this government is making sure, member for Kimberley, that it looks after the people of the Kimberley.
Mrs C.A. Martin : No, you’re dreaming, sonny. Dr K.D. HAMES : Here we are yet again providing good news for the member for Kimberley’s electorate. We look after the member’s area up there. Some members may recall that in dealing with our good friends from the commonwealth in trying to get an allocation from the health infrastructure fund, we put forward as our highest priority funding to assist Aboriginal patients in the Kimberley by expanding the Kimberley renal dialysis service. An excellent proposal had been put to us by the Kimberley Aboriginal Medical Service, and we sought support from the commonwealth, which we got. We received $8.6 million of federal funding, and also funding of $4 million for accommodation in Kununurra. We are adding to that amount $12 million of state funding for the recurrent costs of expanding that program. Currently, of about 100 patients from the Kimberley who are having renal dialysis, sadly about a third — Several members interjected. Mr E.S. Ripper : They’re a bit of a problem, those Nationals. Dr K.D. HAMES : Yes. They are a bit unruly, are they not? About a third of them have to stay in Perth. Often, they even stay in parks because of the lack of accommodation. Thirty patients come from the Kimberley—they are away from their families, their friends and their homes—to have renal dialysis in order to survive. Therefore, we have expanded the system to allow them to go back to their homelands. Part of the money, $8.082 million, is going to Derby to allow the Derby dialysis unit to expand to treat 24 patients. It will eventually have a full capacity of 40 patients. An amount of $3.844 million is going to create a new dialysis service in Kununurra. This is a great step forward for people living in the Kimberley. We know that there is a significant deterioration in the renal health of Aboriginal patients, which is something that we are working on. However, in the meantime, we expect that number of 100 who need dialysis to go up to 140 over the next three to four years. Therefore, this will be a great boon to those areas. Aboriginal people will be able to stay up there and get proper care, and not have to leave their families and come to Perth. Once again, this government is making sure, member for Kimberley, that it looks after the people of the Kimberley.
Dr K.D. HAMES : Here we are yet again providing good news for the member for Kimberley’s electorate. We look after the member’s area up there. Some members may recall that in dealing with our good friends from the commonwealth in trying to get an allocation from the health infrastructure fund, we put forward as our highest priority funding to assist Aboriginal patients in the Kimberley by expanding the Kimberley renal dialysis service. An excellent proposal had been put to us by the Kimberley Aboriginal Medical Service, and we sought support from the commonwealth, which we got. We received $8.6 million of federal funding, and also funding of $4 million for accommodation in Kununurra. We are adding to that amount $12 million of state funding for the recurrent costs of expanding that program. Currently, of about 100 patients from the Kimberley who are having renal dialysis, sadly about a third — Several members interjected. Mr E.S. Ripper : They’re a bit of a problem, those Nationals. Dr K.D. HAMES : Yes. They are a bit unruly, are they not? About a third of them have to stay in Perth. Often, they even stay in parks because of the lack of accommodation. Thirty patients come from the Kimberley—they are away from their families, their friends and their homes—to have renal dialysis in order to survive. Therefore, we have expanded the system to allow them to go back to their homelands. Part of the money, $8.082 million, is going to Derby to allow the Derby dialysis unit to expand to treat 24 patients. It will eventually have a full capacity of 40 patients. An amount of $3.844 million is going to create a new dialysis service in Kununurra. This is a great step forward for people living in the Kimberley. We know that there is a significant deterioration in the renal health of Aboriginal patients, which is something that we are working on. However, in the meantime, we expect that number of 100 who need dialysis to go up to 140 over the next three to four years. Therefore, this will be a great boon to those areas. Aboriginal people will be able to stay up there and get proper care, and not have to leave their families and come to Perth. Once again, this government is making sure, member for Kimberley, that it looks after the people of the Kimberley.
Several members interjected. Mr E.S. Ripper : They’re a bit of a problem, those Nationals. Dr K.D. HAMES : Yes. They are a bit unruly, are they not? About a third of them have to stay in Perth. Often, they even stay in parks because of the lack of accommodation. Thirty patients come from the Kimberley—they are away from their families, their friends and their homes—to have renal dialysis in order to survive. Therefore, we have expanded the system to allow them to go back to their homelands. Part of the money, $8.082 million, is going to Derby to allow the Derby dialysis unit to expand to treat 24 patients. It will eventually have a full capacity of 40 patients. An amount of $3.844 million is going to create a new dialysis service in Kununurra. This is a great step forward for people living in the Kimberley. We know that there is a significant deterioration in the renal health of Aboriginal patients, which is something that we are working on. However, in the meantime, we expect that number of 100 who need dialysis to go up to 140 over the next three to four years. Therefore, this will be a great boon to those areas. Aboriginal people will be able to stay up there and get proper care, and not have to leave their families and come to Perth. Once again, this government is making sure, member for Kimberley, that it looks after the people of the Kimberley.
Mr E.S. Ripper : They’re a bit of a problem, those Nationals. Dr K.D. HAMES : Yes. They are a bit unruly, are they not? About a third of them have to stay in Perth. Often, they even stay in parks because of the lack of accommodation. Thirty patients come from the Kimberley—they are away from their families, their friends and their homes—to have renal dialysis in order to survive. Therefore, we have expanded the system to allow them to go back to their homelands. Part of the money, $8.082 million, is going to Derby to allow the Derby dialysis unit to expand to treat 24 patients. It will eventually have a full capacity of 40 patients. An amount of $3.844 million is going to create a new dialysis service in Kununurra. This is a great step forward for people living in the Kimberley. We know that there is a significant deterioration in the renal health of Aboriginal patients, which is something that we are working on. However, in the meantime, we expect that number of 100 who need dialysis to go up to 140 over the next three to four years. Therefore, this will be a great boon to those areas. Aboriginal people will be able to stay up there and get proper care, and not have to leave their families and come to Perth. Once again, this government is making sure, member for Kimberley, that it looks after the people of the Kimberley.
Dr K.D. HAMES : Yes. They are a bit unruly, are they not? About a third of them have to stay in Perth. Often, they even stay in parks because of the lack of accommodation. Thirty patients come from the Kimberley—they are away from their families, their friends and their homes—to have renal dialysis in order to survive. Therefore, we have expanded the system to allow them to go back to their homelands. Part of the money, $8.082 million, is going to Derby to allow the Derby dialysis unit to expand to treat 24 patients. It will eventually have a full capacity of 40 patients. An amount of $3.844 million is going to create a new dialysis service in Kununurra. This is a great step forward for people living in the Kimberley. We know that there is a significant deterioration in the renal health of Aboriginal patients, which is something that we are working on. However, in the meantime, we expect that number of 100 who need dialysis to go up to 140 over the next three to four years. Therefore, this will be a great boon to those areas. Aboriginal people will be able to stay up there and get proper care, and not have to leave their families and come to Perth. Once again, this government is making sure, member for Kimberley, that it looks after the people of the Kimberley.
About a third of them have to stay in Perth. Often, they even stay in parks because of the lack of accommodation. Thirty patients come from the Kimberley—they are away from their families, their friends and their homes—to have renal dialysis in order to survive. Therefore, we have expanded the system to allow them to go back to their homelands. Part of the money, $8.082 million, is going to Derby to allow the Derby dialysis unit to expand to treat 24 patients. It will eventually have a full capacity of 40 patients. An amount of $3.844 million is going to create a new dialysis service in Kununurra. This is a great step forward for people living in the Kimberley. We know that there is a significant deterioration in the renal health of Aboriginal patients, which is something that we are working on. However, in the meantime, we expect that number of 100 who need dialysis to go up to 140 over the next three to four years. Therefore, this will be a great boon to those areas. Aboriginal people will be able to stay up there and get proper care, and not have to leave their families and come to Perth. Once again, this government is making sure, member for Kimberley, that it looks after the people of the Kimberley.
Dr K.D. HAMES replied: Yes, I can. I was going to acknowledge, on behalf of the member for Fremantle, the presence in the gallery of students from Richmond Primary School, but I think they have gone now. However, I have some good news. The health department has introduced a package that strongly assists the people in the member for North West’s electorate. I noticed that the member for Kimberley was out of the chamber for a second. I was looking to see whether the member for Kimberley had come across to our side in anticipation of this good news for her electorate. Mrs C.A. Martin : No, you’re dreaming, sonny. Dr K.D. HAMES : Here we are yet again providing good news for the member for Kimberley’s electorate. We look after the member’s area up there. Some members may recall that in dealing with our good friends from the commonwealth in trying to get an allocation from the health infrastructure fund, we put forward as our highest priority funding to assist Aboriginal patients in the Kimberley by expanding the Kimberley renal dialysis service. An excellent proposal had been put to us by the Kimberley Aboriginal Medical Service, and we sought support from the commonwealth, which we got. We received $8.6 million of federal funding, and also funding of $4 million for accommodation in Kununurra. We are adding to that amount $12 million of state funding for the recurrent costs of expanding that program. Currently, of about 100 patients from the Kimberley who are having renal dialysis, sadly about a third — Several members interjected. Mr E.S. Ripper : They’re a bit of a problem, those Nationals. Dr K.D. HAMES : Yes. They are a bit unruly, are they not? About a third of them have to stay in Perth. Often, they even stay in parks because of the lack of accommodation. Thirty patients come from the Kimberley—they are away from their families, their friends and their homes—to have renal dialysis in order to survive. Therefore, we have expanded the system to allow them to go back to their homelands. Part of the money, $8.082 million, is going to Derby to allow the Derby dialysis unit to expand to treat 24 patients. It will eventually have a full capacity of 40 patients. An amount of $3.844 million is going to create a new dialysis service in Kununurra. This is a great step forward for people living in the Kimberley. We know that there is a significant deterioration in the renal health of Aboriginal patients, which is something that we are working on. However, in the meantime, we expect that number of 100 who need dialysis to go up to 140 over the next three to four years. Therefore, this will be a great boon to those areas. Aboriginal people will be able to stay up there and get proper care, and not have to leave their families and come to Perth. Once again, this government is making sure, member for Kimberley, that it looks after the people of the Kimberley.
Yes, I can. I was going to acknowledge, on behalf of the member for Fremantle, the presence in the gallery of students from Richmond Primary School, but I think they have gone now. However, I have some good news. The health department has introduced a package that strongly assists the people in the member for North West’s electorate. I noticed that the member for Kimberley was out of the chamber for a second. I was looking to see whether the member for Kimberley had come across to our side in anticipation of this good news for her electorate. Mrs C.A. Martin : No, you’re dreaming, sonny. Dr K.D. HAMES : Here we are yet again providing good news for the member for Kimberley’s electorate. We look after the member’s area up there. Some members may recall that in dealing with our good friends from the commonwealth in trying to get an allocation from the health infrastructure fund, we put forward as our highest priority funding to assist Aboriginal patients in the Kimberley by expanding the Kimberley renal dialysis service. An excellent proposal had been put to us by the Kimberley Aboriginal Medical Service, and we sought support from the commonwealth, which we got. We received $8.6 million of federal funding, and also funding of $4 million for accommodation in Kununurra. We are adding to that amount $12 million of state funding for the recurrent costs of expanding that program. Currently, of about 100 patients from the Kimberley who are having renal dialysis, sadly about a third — Several members interjected. Mr E.S. Ripper : They’re a bit of a problem, those Nationals. Dr K.D. HAMES : Yes. They are a bit unruly, are they not? About a third of them have to stay in Perth. Often, they even stay in parks because of the lack of accommodation. Thirty patients come from the Kimberley—they are away from their families, their friends and their homes—to have renal dialysis in order to survive. Therefore, we have expanded the system to allow them to go back to their homelands. Part of the money, $8.082 million, is going to Derby to allow the Derby dialysis unit to expand to treat 24 patients. It will eventually have a full capacity of 40 patients. An amount of $3.844 million is going to create a new dialysis service in Kununurra. This is a great step forward for people living in the Kimberley. We know that there is a significant deterioration in the renal health of Aboriginal patients, which is something that we are working on. However, in the meantime, we expect that number of 100 who need dialysis to go up to 140 over the next three to four years. Therefore, this will be a great boon to those areas. Aboriginal people will be able to stay up there and get proper care, and not have to leave their families and come to Perth. Once again, this government is making sure, member for Kimberley, that it looks after the people of the Kimberley.
However, I have some good news. The health department has introduced a package that strongly assists the people in the member for North West’s electorate. I noticed that the member for Kimberley was out of the chamber for a second. I was looking to see whether the member for Kimberley had come across to our side in anticipation of this good news for her electorate. Mrs C.A. Martin : No, you’re dreaming, sonny. Dr K.D. HAMES : Here we are yet again providing good news for the member for Kimberley’s electorate. We look after the member’s area up there. Some members may recall that in dealing with our good friends from the commonwealth in trying to get an allocation from the health infrastructure fund, we put forward as our highest priority funding to assist Aboriginal patients in the Kimberley by expanding the Kimberley renal dialysis service. An excellent proposal had been put to us by the Kimberley Aboriginal Medical Service, and we sought support from the commonwealth, which we got. We received $8.6 million of federal funding, and also funding of $4 million for accommodation in Kununurra. We are adding to that amount $12 million of state funding for the recurrent costs of expanding that program. Currently, of about 100 patients from the Kimberley who are having renal dialysis, sadly about a third — Several members interjected. Mr E.S. Ripper : They’re a bit of a problem, those Nationals. Dr K.D. HAMES : Yes. They are a bit unruly, are they not? About a third of them have to stay in Perth. Often, they even stay in parks because of the lack of accommodation. Thirty patients come from the Kimberley—they are away from their families, their friends and their homes—to have renal dialysis in order to survive. Therefore, we have expanded the system to allow them to go back to their homelands. Part of the money, $8.082 million, is going to Derby to allow the Derby dialysis unit to expand to treat 24 patients. It will eventually have a full capacity of 40 patients. An amount of $3.844 million is going to create a new dialysis service in Kununurra. This is a great step forward for people living in the Kimberley. We know that there is a significant deterioration in the renal health of Aboriginal patients, which is something that we are working on. However, in the meantime, we expect that number of 100 who need dialysis to go up to 140 over the next three to four years. Therefore, this will be a great boon to those areas. Aboriginal people will be able to stay up there and get proper care, and not have to leave their families and come to Perth. Once again, this government is making sure, member for Kimberley, that it looks after the people of the Kimberley.
Mrs C.A. Martin : No, you’re dreaming, sonny. Dr K.D. HAMES : Here we are yet again providing good news for the member for Kimberley’s electorate. We look after the member’s area up there. Some members may recall that in dealing with our good friends from the commonwealth in trying to get an allocation from the health infrastructure fund, we put forward as our highest priority funding to assist Aboriginal patients in the Kimberley by expanding the Kimberley renal dialysis service. An excellent proposal had been put to us by the Kimberley Aboriginal Medical Service, and we sought support from the commonwealth, which we got. We received $8.6 million of federal funding, and also funding of $4 million for accommodation in Kununurra. We are adding to that amount $12 million of state funding for the recurrent costs of expanding that program. Currently, of about 100 patients from the Kimberley who are having renal dialysis, sadly about a third — Several members interjected. Mr E.S. Ripper : They’re a bit of a problem, those Nationals. Dr K.D. HAMES : Yes. They are a bit unruly, are they not? About a third of them have to stay in Perth. Often, they even stay in parks because of the lack of accommodation. Thirty patients come from the Kimberley—they are away from their families, their friends and their homes—to have renal dialysis in order to survive. Therefore, we have expanded the system to allow them to go back to their homelands. Part of the money, $8.082 million, is going to Derby to allow the Derby dialysis unit to expand to treat 24 patients. It will eventually have a full capacity of 40 patients. An amount of $3.844 million is going to create a new dialysis service in Kununurra. This is a great step forward for people living in the Kimberley. We know that there is a significant deterioration in the renal health of Aboriginal patients, which is something that we are working on. However, in the meantime, we expect that number of 100 who need dialysis to go up to 140 over the next three to four years. Therefore, this will be a great boon to those areas. Aboriginal people will be able to stay up there and get proper care, and not have to leave their families and come to Perth. Once again, this government is making sure, member for Kimberley, that it looks after the people of the Kimberley.
Dr K.D. HAMES : Here we are yet again providing good news for the member for Kimberley’s electorate. We look after the member’s area up there. Some members may recall that in dealing with our good friends from the commonwealth in trying to get an allocation from the health infrastructure fund, we put forward as our highest priority funding to assist Aboriginal patients in the Kimberley by expanding the Kimberley renal dialysis service. An excellent proposal had been put to us by the Kimberley Aboriginal Medical Service, and we sought support from the commonwealth, which we got. We received $8.6 million of federal funding, and also funding of $4 million for accommodation in Kununurra. We are adding to that amount $12 million of state funding for the recurrent costs of expanding that program. Currently, of about 100 patients from the Kimberley who are having renal dialysis, sadly about a third — Several members interjected. Mr E.S. Ripper : They’re a bit of a problem, those Nationals. Dr K.D. HAMES : Yes. They are a bit unruly, are they not? About a third of them have to stay in Perth. Often, they even stay in parks because of the lack of accommodation. Thirty patients come from the Kimberley—they are away from their families, their friends and their homes—to have renal dialysis in order to survive. Therefore, we have expanded the system to allow them to go back to their homelands. Part of the money, $8.082 million, is going to Derby to allow the Derby dialysis unit to expand to treat 24 patients. It will eventually have a full capacity of 40 patients. An amount of $3.844 million is going to create a new dialysis service in Kununurra. This is a great step forward for people living in the Kimberley. We know that there is a significant deterioration in the renal health of Aboriginal patients, which is something that we are working on. However, in the meantime, we expect that number of 100 who need dialysis to go up to 140 over the next three to four years. Therefore, this will be a great boon to those areas. Aboriginal people will be able to stay up there and get proper care, and not have to leave their families and come to Perth. Once again, this government is making sure, member for Kimberley, that it looks after the people of the Kimberley.
Several members interjected. Mr E.S. Ripper : They’re a bit of a problem, those Nationals. Dr K.D. HAMES : Yes. They are a bit unruly, are they not? About a third of them have to stay in Perth. Often, they even stay in parks because of the lack of accommodation. Thirty patients come from the Kimberley—they are away from their families, their friends and their homes—to have renal dialysis in order to survive. Therefore, we have expanded the system to allow them to go back to their homelands. Part of the money, $8.082 million, is going to Derby to allow the Derby dialysis unit to expand to treat 24 patients. It will eventually have a full capacity of 40 patients. An amount of $3.844 million is going to create a new dialysis service in Kununurra. This is a great step forward for people living in the Kimberley. We know that there is a significant deterioration in the renal health of Aboriginal patients, which is something that we are working on. However, in the meantime, we expect that number of 100 who need dialysis to go up to 140 over the next three to four years. Therefore, this will be a great boon to those areas. Aboriginal people will be able to stay up there and get proper care, and not have to leave their families and come to Perth. Once again, this government is making sure, member for Kimberley, that it looks after the people of the Kimberley.
Mr E.S. Ripper : They’re a bit of a problem, those Nationals. Dr K.D. HAMES : Yes. They are a bit unruly, are they not? About a third of them have to stay in Perth. Often, they even stay in parks because of the lack of accommodation. Thirty patients come from the Kimberley—they are away from their families, their friends and their homes—to have renal dialysis in order to survive. Therefore, we have expanded the system to allow them to go back to their homelands. Part of the money, $8.082 million, is going to Derby to allow the Derby dialysis unit to expand to treat 24 patients. It will eventually have a full capacity of 40 patients. An amount of $3.844 million is going to create a new dialysis service in Kununurra. This is a great step forward for people living in the Kimberley. We know that there is a significant deterioration in the renal health of Aboriginal patients, which is something that we are working on. However, in the meantime, we expect that number of 100 who need dialysis to go up to 140 over the next three to four years. Therefore, this will be a great boon to those areas. Aboriginal people will be able to stay up there and get proper care, and not have to leave their families and come to Perth. Once again, this government is making sure, member for Kimberley, that it looks after the people of the Kimberley.
Dr K.D. HAMES : Yes. They are a bit unruly, are they not? About a third of them have to stay in Perth. Often, they even stay in parks because of the lack of accommodation. Thirty patients come from the Kimberley—they are away from their families, their friends and their homes—to have renal dialysis in order to survive. Therefore, we have expanded the system to allow them to go back to their homelands. Part of the money, $8.082 million, is going to Derby to allow the Derby dialysis unit to expand to treat 24 patients. It will eventually have a full capacity of 40 patients. An amount of $3.844 million is going to create a new dialysis service in Kununurra. This is a great step forward for people living in the Kimberley. We know that there is a significant deterioration in the renal health of Aboriginal patients, which is something that we are working on. However, in the meantime, we expect that number of 100 who need dialysis to go up to 140 over the next three to four years. Therefore, this will be a great boon to those areas. Aboriginal people will be able to stay up there and get proper care, and not have to leave their families and come to Perth. Once again, this government is making sure, member for Kimberley, that it looks after the people of the Kimberley.
About a third of them have to stay in Perth. Often, they even stay in parks because of the lack of accommodation. Thirty patients come from the Kimberley—they are away from their families, their friends and their homes—to have renal dialysis in order to survive. Therefore, we have expanded the system to allow them to go back to their homelands. Part of the money, $8.082 million, is going to Derby to allow the Derby dialysis unit to expand to treat 24 patients. It will eventually have a full capacity of 40 patients. An amount of $3.844 million is going to create a new dialysis service in Kununurra. This is a great step forward for people living in the Kimberley. We know that there is a significant deterioration in the renal health of Aboriginal patients, which is something that we are working on. However, in the meantime, we expect that number of 100 who need dialysis to go up to 140 over the next three to four years. Therefore, this will be a great boon to those areas. Aboriginal people will be able to stay up there and get proper care, and not have to leave their families and come to Perth. Once again, this government is making sure, member for Kimberley, that it looks after the people of the Kimberley.
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