16 Oct 2019

Hui attempts to encourage more Maori to become organ donors

From Morning Report, 8:41 am on 16 October 2019

A ground-breaking hui today will attempt to reverse what's being called a disturbing picture of inequality for Maori with failing kidneys. Maori make up 80 percent of dialysis patients but only 12 percent of patients who receive a kidney transplant are Maori. The hui is being organised by the district health board in a bid to encourage more Maori to not only become organ donors but be more willing to accept new kidneys. Here's our Hawke's Bay reporter, Anusha Bradley.