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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Caitlin Cassidy

FORGOTTEN HISTORY: Vulnerable australians filled with dread over telehealth cuts | History Defined

Health minister Mark Butler
Health minister Mark Butler announced he would go ahead with a decision of the former government to end a range of telehealth services on 30 June. Photograph: Lukas Coch/AAP

Living through Covid-19 with inflammatory arthritis, telehealth has been the only way for Eliza Sorensen to safely access her routine medical appointments.

Sorensen is considered severely immunocompromised due to the medication she takes to control her chronic disease. She also lives with asthma.

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