The preventable death of a toddler sparks appeal to improve health in the bush | ABC News

The death of a three-year-old boy in the Northern Territory community of Ngukurr has prompted calls to overhaul remote health services.
The community and the child's mother say the Indigenous health gap will never be closed without change.
Remote area nurses have told the ABC they have seen dangerous staff shortages and inexperience in many isolated areas, and they are calling for a Royal Commission into preventable deaths in Indigenous communities.
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