Dialysis units to be added at BUH
Beginning this summer, 12 more patients per week will have access to renal dialysis at Battlefords Union Hospital (BUH).
The hospital is expanding their dialysis unit from six chairs to nine after the Ministry of Health approved $600,000 in capital funding to accommodate the expanded program.
Dialysis is the process where waste is removed from the blood when a person’s kidneys no longer function, in order to prevent the build-up of potentially harmful toxins.
The new spaces at the hospital will essentially remove the wait list, according to Pat McWatters, the nurse manager of the dialysis unit at the hospital.