I had the privilege of presenting a kidney dialysis machine on behalf of my company to a non-profit dialysis centre that provides discounted service to members of the public last Friday. Together with a reprocessor (a steriliser-like equipment), the two costing USD20K were donated to Pusat Dialysis Touch in Sunway Damansara. (http://www.nst.com.my/Current_News/Streets/Saturday/Stories/2395037/Article/) With this addition, their capacity increases to 66 patients. At the time of presentation, the centre serves about 3o patients.
Each patient requires 4 hours three times a week and each treatment costs not more than RM110 (USD30). The centre also helps patients to apply for government subsidy of about RM50 per treatment thus reducing their cost to RM60. I spoke to some of the patients undergoing dialysis during the tour around the facility and many were in good spirit. They attributed their end stage kidney failure to many reasons including TB and stress. Hepatitis patients were isolated with use of their own machine to prevent infection.
The centre is clean and well laid out. Volunteers managed the centre while salaried nurses (two shifts per day) serve the patients. The promoters of the centre are individuals commited to serving the community. There is an increasing need for such facilities as number of kidney patients continue to rise. I encouraged them to continue this good cause and wished them success.
Each patient requires 4 hours three times a week and each treatment costs not more than RM110 (USD30). The centre also helps patients to apply for government subsidy of about RM50 per treatment thus reducing their cost to RM60. I spoke to some of the patients undergoing dialysis during the tour around the facility and many were in good spirit. They attributed their end stage kidney failure to many reasons including TB and stress. Hepatitis patients were isolated with use of their own machine to prevent infection.
The centre is clean and well laid out. Volunteers managed the centre while salaried nurses (two shifts per day) serve the patients. The promoters of the centre are individuals commited to serving the community. There is an increasing need for such facilities as number of kidney patients continue to rise. I encouraged them to continue this good cause and wished them success.
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