Renal (dialysis) health project (Gumala Aboriginal Corporation)

• Reach:

  WA

• Focus area:

  Indigenous

• Status:

  Current

• Evaluated:

  No

Overview

Gumala Aboriginal Corporation (GAC) provides a comprehensive renal mobile/satellite health clinic service in the Pilbara region of Western Australia. The Gumala Aboriginal Corporation's renal (dialysis) health project will service traditional land owners in GAC's membership living in this region.

The objectives of the project are to:

• establish satellite clinics to increase patient access to reliable treatment, and decrease patient time spent in transport to promote a better quality of life
• develop a mobile service that will regularly travel from the regional hub to the patient's homes and/or to satellite clinics
  • it is proposed that a suitably qualified person would be stationed in the town where the satellite clinic is, so that transportation blockages caused by cyclone season do not adversely affect the treatment plans of the patients
• enhance/increase residential facilities around existing treatment sites to enable more patients to move residence to promote ease of use.

Abstract adapted from Gumala Aboriginal Corporation

Contacts

Gumala Aboriginal Corporation
Perth office
Level 2, 165 Adelaide Terrace
East Perth WA 6004
PO Box 3167
East Perth WA 6892
Ph: (08) 9219 4500
Fax: (08) 9219 4555

Tom Price office
1 Stadium Road
PO Box 61
Tom Price WA 6751
Ph: 1800 486 252 (1800 GUMALA - Freecall)
Fax: (08) 9188 1846
Email: gac@gumala.com.au

Links

• View information: Gumala Aboriginal Corporation's renal (dialysis) health project
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