Unu gi halom singko na natibon Chamorro gi Notte Marianas gai daiabetes, ya i diniseha para daialasis sigi ha’ kahulo’. Låo i sentron daialasis manggaige solamente gi islan kapitåt Saipan.
Journey To Care
Native Hawaiians and other Pacific Islanders face high rates of diabetes and other diseases but often struggle to access critical health care services including dialysis. In this ongoing series, Civil Beat will explore the lengths that some Pacific Islanders go to obtain health care — and what’s being done to address the problem.
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Many Pacific Islander Patients Have To Move To Get Life-Saving Access To Dialysis
One in five Indigenous Chamorros in the Northern Mariana Islands has diabetes, and the demand for dialysis is growing. But the only dialysis centers are on the capital island of Saipan.
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The Pandemic Vastly Expanded Health Care Access In This US Territory. That May End Soon
Patients who hadn’t sought health care in years flocked to clinics when a temporary pandemic program expanded Medicaid access to the commonwealth’s guest worker population.
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Pacific Islanders Have a Harder Time Getting Kidney Transplants Than Other Patients
Kidney failure afflicts Pacific Islanders at much higher rates, but for reasons that some say amount to discrimination, they don’t get transplants as often.
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Hoʻopili Kekahi Alahele Kapakai I Kēia Mau Mea Maʻi I Ka Hoʻomaʻemaʻe Koko ʻIa ʻAna. Hiki I Ka Hoʻohuli Aniau Ke Hoʻopilikia I Kēlā
Ua paʻakikī ʻē ka hele ʻana i ka hoʻomaʻemaʻe koko ʻia ʻana no kekahi mau kupa kuaʻāina. Kuhi ʻia, e hoʻopilikia ana ka piʻi ʻilikai i kēia mau mea.
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State Rules Make It Harder To Open Dialysis Centers In Hawaii
More states are lifting or reforming regulations governing the opening of new dialysis facilities.
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He Helu Nui Ko Nā Kānaka Maoli I Ka Loaʻa Mimikō. ʻO Ke Koi Maila Nō Ia I Ka Hoʻomaʻemaʻe Koko.
Ke hoʻonui aʻe nei ka nui o nā kikowaena hoʻomaʻemaʻe koko ma ka paeʻāina e pono ai nā mea maʻi e ʻīnea ana i ke kū ʻana o ka hakuʻala.
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Why In-Home Dialysis Is Becoming A More Popular Option In Hawaii
The treatment can help eliminate exhausting commutes and relieve overcrowding at a growing number of dialysis centers in the state.
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A Coastal Road Connects These Patients To Dialysis. Climate Change Could Make That Harder
Getting to and from dialysis is already a challenge for some rural Hawaii residents. Sea level rise is expected to make things worse.