SAN CARLOS CITY, Pangasinan, July 14 (PIA) –Patients in need of dialysis treatment can now go to the Mayor Julian V. Resuello Dialysis Center at the Pangasinan Provincial Hospital (PPH) here as operations have resumed on July 7.

PPH chief Dr. Policarpio Manuel said they are now ready to start dialysis operations again after five months of preventive maintenance that temporarily halted the center’s operation.

“The source of water being used in the clinic underwent repair and maintenance to ensure the safe and smooth procedure of the clinical operations being done at the center,” Manuel said.

He thanked the provincial government for acting fast on the repair of the water cleaner.

The center, which started providing its services six years ago, was established by the provincial government in partnership with the DaVita Corporation based in Los Angeles, California and the former San Carlos City Mayor Julier Resuello.

Da Vita donated the brand new dialysis machines and a water treatment plant for the center.   

Dr. Anna Maria Teresa De Guzman, provincial health officer, said the center, during its normal operation, now serves 60 patients a day which is double the number of patients being served when the center has just started.

She said that the center has been of great help to dialysis patients especially those who do not have sufficient funds to finance their treatment.

De Guzman disclosed that seven new dialysis machines are expected to arrive during the last quarter of the year.

She said Da Vita is sending the new machines to replenish the old units nearing expiration.

In a report of the Provincial Information Office, Dr. Manuel said the center has 15 dialysis machines at present and the seven new machines set to replace the old ones will be arriving around October.

He added that the dialysis center has produced graduates from its training program that certifies nurses to work on a dialysis center.

Dr. Manuel said the Mayor Julian V. Resuello Dialysis Center has consistently become a top-rank dialysis training center and the biggest Dialysis Center among all local government units nationwide. (MCA/AMM/PIA-1, Pangasinan)

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