Health

Concerns indigenous people will suffer more from Covid-19

12:42 pm on 30 April 2020

Listen

The Royal Australasian College of Surgeons is concerned indigenous people will suffer worse health outcomes as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic. 

It says Māori, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples already experience health inequities - and will face them when dealing with the virus, but also when they try seek help for non-Covid illnesses and disease from an already stretched healthcare system. 

Māni Dunlop speaks to Dr Kelvin Kong, a Worimi man and Ear, Nose and Throat surgeon.