NSW announces $2m to research regional motor neurone disease hotspot

Tania Magoci was diagnosed with motor neurone disease in 2011. She lives in the NSW town of Griffith where the rates are seven times higher than the national average. Photograph: Gabrielle Chan/The Guardian

When Prof Dominic Rowe meets a new patient with motor neurone disease, he asks them about their relationship with the river.

“I’ve got a young builder that I look after in Tumut, who has severe motor neurone disease,” Rowe says.