I Hate Dialysis Message Board
Dialysis Discussion => Dialysis: General Discussion => Topic started by: jambo101 on September 11, 2019, 10:37:28 AM
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Had a traveller from Toronto who occupied the seat next to mine when i asked him how our dialysis unit compared he says he does his dialysis at home so a said is that what they call perotoneal dialysis? no he said i have Fresnius machine just like the one you are hooked up to,he went on to say government healthcare covers the cost, wow maybe i should move from Quebec to Ontario.
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Hi Jambo101, I don’t know how it works in Canada, but have you written to your Medical Director in the hosp? Your Healthcare provider councillor? About Home Hemo yet?
Good luck, Cas
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Health care in Canada is supposed to be universal, but it really isn't. If you live in a smaller place, you are not going to get the same services as you would in a larger place. So, if you live in a rural area, or if you live in a small province like I do, not all modalities are offered. We didn't even have a nephrologist in this province until 2009. Before that, every 3 months we had to travel 4 hours to a different province, for a 15-20 minute appointment. I imagine that there were a few who didn't go because they couldn't afford the trip. That was considered non-compliance.
As it stands now, PEI has 2 nephrologists, a renal clinic, and 4 dialysis units. Mine is the largest, and is the only one with evening shifts, and I nagged for those for 2 years. The PD program is getting larger, and I'm told that there are 20 patients on home dialysis and around 100 on in-center hemo. Home hemo is not offered, and I don't see it happening anytime soon.