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Transport

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Posted by: Administrator Account	Wednesday, 31 August 2005
Transport is a key concern for patients needing to travel to dialysis treatment - whether it be access to taxi subsidies, availability of bus services, reliance on family and friends, or cost of petrol for cars - getting to dialysis can be a real struggle. Skyrocketing petrol prices are having a devastating impact, particularly for those patients who live in regional and rural areas where access to dialysis units is limited. Many patients undertake dialysis three times a week and have no option but to travel, as their treatment is keeping them alive. People on dialysis and their families are already suffering heavy financial penalties and the rising petrol prices will only increase the burden.

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By Miguel Lopez on Sunday, 10 August 2008

Re: Transport

I am a kidney patient on haemodialysis and I personally see the need for transport. Having witness one patient waiting more than 4 hours for transport it showed me how bad this issue is. We should all put our cents toghether and make sure there is a service available. Otherwise it could be YOU waiting more than 4 hours. HELP!

By Tracy Rolfe on Sunday, 27 January 2008

Organ Donation

Hi, My Mum has just had a successful kidney transplant in the UK, her new (or as we call it second hand) kidney was so kindly donated by her younger brother. I will be forever grateful to him for giving me a healthy Mum back, she is already looking at flights for 2008 to visit me in Hervey Bay for 3 months.

Never give up hope !
Tracy

By Di Abrahams on Friday, 2 March 2007

Re: Transport

I've recently started Home Heamo so only travel 2.5hrs to Drs appts every 8 weeks or so.....but while doing Satelite 3 times a week.....clocked up 444kms per week. Had to have minimum of 500kms to lodge a claim. I really feel for the people struggling with this issue.
Also only heard about the VPTAS by accident. It would be helpful to a lot of people if this scheme was more widley advertised.

By michael griffin on Sunday, 27 August 2006

Re: Transport

My daughter jess griffin is in Aust Idol. She had a kidney removed when she was two. She has not let this stop her achieve what she wants. It doesn’t have to be a majour problem. GO JESS! Jess’s dad Michael.

By uja@sbate.com on Saturday, 5 November 2005

Re: Transport

Hear! Hear!

By Jonie Brown on Saturday, 29 October 2005

Re: Transport

My husband is a kidney failure patient. And with just me being the breadwinner it has become rather difficult to cope with. I have a 5-year-old daughter and a newborn baby that need constant attention. Recently I got a promotion and was asked to move to India. This wasn’t something I expected. And after a lot of thought we did move here. Initially it was extremely difficult settling in. I was extremely worried for my husband. It’s been 8 months now and I must say I think the quality of my life in the sense for my home has certainly improved. My husband did in the beginning have to travel a long distance to one of the private hospitals for dialysis. And he would be extremely exhausted, however a couple of months back an Indian NGO called Mohan Foundation helped us out.

They have been working very hard to try and create awareness about kidney transplant and improve the lives of transplant patients. They have been apparently trying to get the government to give travel concessions for kidney patients (which they have been to a large extent been able to do!!) and are I feel the voice of the transplant community here!!

Through them I met other patients and their families here in India. We also found a dialysis center closer to our homes for my husband. I think in the end its all worked out well over all.

By Melissa Darnley on Saturday, 3 September 2005

Re: Transport

I am undergoing training for home haemodialysis in Ballina Hospital, meaning a journey of an hour each way from my home 4 times a week until I learn enough to set up at home. I consider myself fortunate(in some ways) to only have that distance and expense as there must be many people in an even worse situation than I am because the next training unit is at Newcastle a LONG days drive away. I appreciate that my wonderful hospital will subsidise some accommodation expenses for me, but unfortunately I like my home and the travelling distance falls just short of any travel subsidy.

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