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Overview
Haemodialysis is the most common way to treat acute or permanent kidney failure. During haemodialysis, a machine does some of the work a healthy kidney normally performs by filtering harmful waste, salts and fluids from body that would eliminate in the urine.
Sunway Medical Centre’s haemodialysis department. began its operations in March 2000. The department started (operation-delete) with four machines and has expanded through the years. Today it can accommodate up to 20 dialysis machines to serve inpatients and outpatients. |
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Facilities and Services
The Haemodialysis department currently has a total of 19 dialysis machines with some machines dedicated to Hepatitis B and Hepatitis C patients. All the dialysis machines and medical equipments are fully serviced and maintained every 6 months by a trained in-house biomedical team.It also has its own crash cart with defibrillator for emergency purposes. There are 3 patient-monitoring units that can be used for close monitoring of patients.
Water quality is a very important in haemodialysis as poorly treated water can be harmful to the patient.Our centre has two recently upgraded reverse osmosis systems to provide high quality pure water for treatment.Regular water sampling for analysis is essential to maintain good quality water and our centre does regular water analysis every six(correct?) months.
Our Haemodialysis Centre is located at Lower Ground Floor at the West Wing of the hospital. It is strategically located next to the car park for the convenience of our patients..Parking near the dialysis department is provided free for our regular patients.As for our elderly and needy patients, the hospital has a concierge service that provides wheelchair facilities.
Sunway Medical Centre Haemodialysis Department has been appointed as JPA and SOCSO panel member. |
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Operational Hours
The Haemodialysis department operates on two shifts, starting from 7.00am to 6.30pm six days a week , inclusive of Public Holiday. After hours, there is an on call staff on standby to provide emergency treatment.
Our centre has two resident Nephrologists,Dr Thiruventhiren, and Dr Tan Wee Ming. The unit is currently supported by 13 dedicated staff who are all trained nurses, five of whom have Post Basic Renal qualifications. |
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