Mobile unit helps dialysis demand

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Mobile unit helps dialysis demand   

An NHS report said dialysis in the area was running at capacity
Millions of pounds is being spent to help the Nottinghamshire dialysis service cope with demand.

Officials said they wanted to avoid the service becoming overstretched while a new facility is under construction.

A new unit with 12 dialysis machines planned for the Queen's Medical Centre to help dozens of kidney patients will not be completed until 2010.

In the meantime a mobile unit with eight machines has been set up at the hospital to bridge the gap.

Dialysis is the mechanical cleaning of a patient's blood when their kidneys can no longer rid the body of waste materials.

The mobile unit is costing £1.3m over three years on top of the £1.9m for new facilities at the QMC.

More stations are also being installed at Ilkeston Community Hospital and the Lambley ward at City Hospital.

A recent NHS report said dialysis facilities in the area were running at near 100% capacity, and forced some patients to use it at inconvenient times.
 
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/nottinghamshire/8066090.stm