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Tue 03 Mar 2009Number of people needing kidney dialysis rises by 50%
THERE HAS been a 50 per cent increase in the number of people in the Republic needing kidney dialysis and this demand will continue to grow, according to the clinical director of the Health Service Executive’s National Renal Office (NRO).
Speaking in advance of the launch of an updated national renal strategy at Croke Park on World Kidney Day next Thursday, Dr Liam Plant said the expansion of dialysis would have to take place in an integrated manner, using satellite clinics linked to the 11 existing hospital units.
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