Indigenous exercise physiologist Ray Kelly paid tribute to British TV doctor Michael Mosley on Monday, telling ABC News Breakfast, he was ‘blown away’ by the health challenges indigenous communities faced.

Dr Mosley died on the Greek island of Symi last week while holidaying with his wife. His body was found yesterday following a five day search after he had gone missing while hiking alone.

“We’ve lost a guy who has made a big impact in health across many countries, but he loved Australia, loved coming here and he was very interested in the health issues we have here,” Mr Kelly told the ABC.

“Both himself and (his wife) Clare were very interested in the issues in Aboriginal communities and [were] very respectful people, really keen to learn more about it and were just blown away about what some of the communities had to deal with.

“He was very interested in the great outcomes we were getting in remote Aboriginal communities.”