Fiji dialysis centre caters to foreign kidney patients

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Updated August 14, 2009 20:51:38

Many people in the South Pacific suffer disproportionate levels of diabetes and high blood pressure... and that also puts them at increased risk of kidney disease. If they suffer kidney failure, they need dialysis or a kidney transplant to stay alive. Fiji's Dialysis Centre is only a year old but it has already saved the lives of many Fijians. But locals aren't the only people benefiting from the centre; holiday-makers and ex-pats are also taking advantage of the service.


Presenter:Kate McPherson
Speaker: Dr Fimione Voceduadua, senior doctor at Fiji's Dialysis Centre; Dewan Maharaj, President of the Kidney Foundation of Fiji

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