Patients on dialysis at Lê Văn Thịnh Hospital in HCM City. VNA/VNS Photo

HCM CITY — The health sector in HCM City will inaugurate a new dialysis facility in the outlying district of Cần Giờ in the beginning of October, providing better access to dialysis for people who have kidney failure or end-stage renal disease.

The dialysis unit at Cần Giờ Health Centre, the first of its kind in the district, will be equipped with five dialysis machines and essential devices for dialysis procedures, according to the city’s Department of Health.

Lê Văn Thịnh Hospital will deploy doctors and nurses to Cần Giờ Health Centre to care for patients at the dialysis unit.

At least one doctor and two nurses will be responsible for medical care during dialysis treatments.

Forty-one people on dialysis in Cần Giờ District have to travel to city-level hospitals to undergo dialysis.

There are 39 dialysis units in the city to provide treatment for nearly 4,500 people on dialysis, according to the department.

The Department of Health highly appreciated leaders and nephrologists at Lê Văn Thịnh Hospital volunteering to provide dialysis treatments in Cần Giờ District, said Assoc. Prof. Tăng Chí Thượng, director of the department.

A project on medical capacity improvement in Cần Giờ District will be submitted to the city’s People’s Committee soon. The project is aimed at improving medical services in the district and adopting more medical techniques to serve local residents. —VNS