Tonga Dialysis Foundation blamed Government for the long delay Featured
President of Tonga Dialysis Foundation Siosaia Moehau (Left)
16 February, 2017. A group aiming to provide dialysis for kidney disease sufferers in Tonga say they are being held back by Government inaction.
Dialysis treatment is currently unavailable in the country despite around 200 people being diagnosed with chronic kidney failure each year, and about a third of those needing such treatment.
In the past the government had said it does not have the budget to help patients as a dialysis machine costs up to US$2.3 million.
But Tonga Dialysis Foundation President Siosaia Moehau said they submitted a proposal to government over a year ago to partner with a Fiji company to open a dialysis clinic in the country but they have not heard back.
"I think it's all about an attitude problem. We already demonstrated to them that we can do the whole thing ourselves, with our donors and our partners."
"It seems that they are still restricted to some sort of thing, which we don't understand," he said.
Siosaia Moehau said there are hundreds of people waiting for the dialysis treatment they're proposing.
He said it would take two to three months from getting government approval to be able to provide the service.
-RNZI
5 comments
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I hope it's not power play! Delay tactics and intentional non-response or 'silence' is a common form of power play. There must be good reasons for the delay but we don't know why it is hard for government to make a formal response to the Tonga Dialysis Foundation. It's definitely unprofessional. One year of non-response creates suspicions and a lot of ill feelings towards government.
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Koeha ku ikai kenau tali ai Siope? Ikai kenau fiefia ko e tokoni lahi ia ki heenau ngaue a e misini koeni ke lava o tala e faito'o totonu mo e tu'unga mo'uilelei kae tuku aa e mate fiu tali e kau mahaki ki ha faito'o.
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'Oku ou poupou atu 'Oua 'e Fiu pea 'oku ou tui 'oku 'iai pe 'uhinga lelei 'a e pule'anga ia ki heni. Na'a ku fanongo na'e fai e fienga tatau he pule'anga motu'a pea na'e 'ikai ke tali 'eni 'o makatu'unga pe he fale'i 'a e kau toketa 'i Vaiola.
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Please seek the advise of Ministry of Health first ?.......lahi ange enau ilo kihe me'a ko eni.
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Ka ne koha me'a e ma'u ai ha komisoni a e kau Minisita kuo nau nima mo va'e ke 'ai e me'a koena. Ikai kenau tokanga nautolu ki he me'a koena he 'e 'ave nautolu heenau puke ki muli o faito'o ai kae totongi e he tukuhau a e kakai. Kou fokotu'u atu Saia Moehau ave ha sila pa'anga kenau taki taha ka ke sio koe ki he nima mo va'e ki he 'ai e me'a koena.