Indigenous Australians on long waiting lists for eye surgery | ABC News

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After years of waiting, sixteen Indigenous Territorians have had their eyesight restored, all of them going under the knife for cataract surgery in a single morning.

But Indigenous health experts say long waiting lists are only one hole in the ‘leaky pipe’ that is Indigenous eye health.

Nicholas Hynes reports.

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The term Indigenous Australians refers to Aboriginal Australians as well as Torres Strait Islanders, and the term should only be used when both groups are included in the topic being addressed, or by self-identification by a person as Indigenous.

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