MANILA, Philippines — A hemodialysis facility for COVID-positive patients that can accommodate up to 60 patients daily opened Wednesday at the National Kidney Transplant Institute (NKTI) compound in Quezon City.
The off-site hemodialysis facility has 20 dialysis stations that operate on three sessions per day.
Before the facility was constructed, NKTI’s Executive Director Dr. Rose Marie Rosete-Liquete said their patients underwent dialysis in tents.
“Yung patients namin na nagdidialysis nasa tent, you can imagine those machines nasa tent. Noong umulan dahil sa bagyo, kailangan i-stop ang mga dialysis kasi nababasa na ng tubig. With the heat of the sun and the bagyo, nasira yun…
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