Chisa Hasegawa | QAIHC Sector Leader

Author: Chisa Hasegawa

Cape’s healthcare collaboration wins state reconciliation award

Posted by Chisa Hasegawa | Jun 6, 2024 | Mob Health, News, Queensland News, Sector News

THE Cape York Kidney Care (CYKC) program has won the Health and Wellbeing category of the Queensland Reconciliation Awards.

To address the high rates of kidney disease and kidney failure needing dialysis in First Nations communities, Torres and Cape Hospital and Health Service (TCHHS) partnered with Apunipima Cape York Health Council in 2019 to reach six communities: Weipa, Napranum, Mapoon, Aurukun, Pormpuraaw and Kowanyama.

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