Advocates are hoping to roll out a free laundry program across the nation in a bid to improve heart health in Indigenous communities. 

Queensland's North-West Hospital and Health Service has partnered with Orange Sky to offer free laundry facilities across the region. 

Since the program started in 2022, there's been a 57 percent reduction in Rheumatic Heart Disease. 

Rural Editor Emily Minney spoke to Chief Executive Sean Birgan about the result

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