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Herald Reporter
Chitungwiza Central Hospital is offering free dialysis treatment to renal patients to help provide healthcare support to the poor in and around the town. The hospital’s chief executive officer Dr Obadiah Moyo told The Herald at a ceremony to commission a new US$120 000 endocrinology machine that the poor had a right to access healthcare services.
“The hospital is offering free dialysis sessions for patients with renal failure who cannot afford the charges. Other hospitals charge US$250 for a weekly session, meaning that to survive patients have to part with US$1 000 every month,” he said.
“Chitungwiza Central Hospital is a community-based hospital and we are here to serve the people in and around Chitungwiza. The hospital and the community are interdependent on each other and every effort shown towards the support of the hospital is distinctly noted and well cherished,” he said.
Renal failure is a condition whereby one or both kidneys stop functioning, leading to the accumulation of toxic body waste in the bloodstream. Patients need to undergo an artificial process called haemodialysis every week to purge toxins from the blood.
Many renal patients in the country have no easy access to dialysis machines and scores have died as a result.
A patient on free dialysis, Mr Isaac Mutende (71) from Chimanimani hailed the hospital for supporting poor renal patients.
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