<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>A farmer from South Australia's mid-north is facing the prospect of spending his final days away from his Crystal Brook home because his regional hospital can't provide him with adequate care.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Chris Thomas, who uses a wheelchair and is experiencing declining health, had been receiving life-saving dialysis treatment three times a week in Port Pirie. </span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>However, according to daughter Alex Thomas, the option is no longer available. </span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/erin-patterson-mushroom-poisoning-trial-verdict-update/931c6e69-9054-4bed-ab50-0af86c3e52d9" rel="" target="" title="First pictures of murderous beef Wellington seen after guilty verdicts"><strong><span>First pictures of murderous beef Wellington seen after guilty verdicts</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"I'm being told that he needs to make the decision to turn the dialysis machine off and he passes or move to Adelaide," she said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"Your postcode should not be a determining factor in the standard of care that you have access to," she added.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Following a cardiac arrest in May, Mr Thomas was transferred to the Lyell McEwin Hospital. But his daughter claims that the Port Pirie dialysis unit lacks the capacity to meet her father's needs. </span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/farmer-dialysis-treatment-rural-south-australia/89047f44-9f60-44ad-bccd-0b71c32d110f" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"I'm hearing stories about the dialysis room being too small, them not having enough access to equipment, and not having the staff to be able to facilitate that," she said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The state government says there is a dialysis unit in Port Pirie but that it's not equipped to deal with Mr Thomas' complex needs. </span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span></span></strong><span>It's now begun a review into his case</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/kumanjayi-walker--zachary-rolfe-family-of-nt-teen-shot-and-killed-by-cop-hopes-for-change/e9d65d41-e8f2-44d2-9402-f55d09d6f77f"><strong><span>Coroner finds cop who shot Indigenous teen was 'racist'</span></strong></a><strong></strong></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"We will continue to look at every opportunity that we have to provide people with better care closer to home, but obviously we are guided by what the decisions of doctors are," Health Minister Chris Picton said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The opposition has criticised the government's handling of the situation.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"We are calling on the government to do more by investing in more renal dialysis chairs in SA," shadow regional health spokesperson Penny Pratt said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>SA Health has denied claims that Mr Thomas was told to move or discontinue treatment. </span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><em><span>This article was produced with the assistance of</span></em><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/technology/9express/16480c33-636a-461f-9c4f-d0e2522c722a"><em><span>9ExPress</span></em></a><em><span>.</span></em></div></div>