“ Malo 'aupito Sione Latu hono 'omai e fakamatala faka'auliliki mo mhau'inga ko ia ke lau'ilo kiai e fonua pea ke tefito ai e fai tu'utu'uni 'ae tokotaha kotoa. He ko hono mo'oni, 'oku 'ikai fu'u mahino mai mei he respond 'ae Potungaue Mo'ui pe ko e haa e makatu'unga lelei 'oku 'ikai ke nau support ai e kole 'ae kautaha Tonga Dialysis Foundation.
Ko 'eku ma'u ki he issue ko 'eni ko e proposal 'ae Tonga Dialysis Foundation ne fakahu ki he pule'anga ko e taumu'a ki ha "PRIVATELY FUNDED" dialysis facility ke tu'u 'i Tongai. Ka koe 'osi eni e ta'u 'e taha 'oku te'eki fai mai ha tali.
'Oku ou tui 'oku tokolahi e kakai tenau fiema'u e dialysis facility. 'Oku 'osi mahino pe ia 'oku mamafa pea 'oku 'ikai ke financially feasible ke fai e dialysis 'i Tonga ni. Ka he'ikai foki ke tau lava 'o fakamahu'inga'i fakapa'anga ha mo'ui 'a ha taha. Even if they did not heed the advice of their doctor. No one wants to have failed kidneys.
I am not anti prevention. I am just saying that government public health system can't turn its back on the sick.
Faka'apa'apa atu ”