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Support for earthquake victims in Chile |
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Support for earthquake victims in Chile
Thanks to ISN's Renal Disaster Relief Task Force (RDRTF), an important wave of solidarity had been launched in the Latin-American nephrology community to respond to victims of the earthquake in Chile. An intervention team has been put on standby to treat potential kidney disease patients in the area.So far, the ISN RDRTF has not intervened as the Chilean nephrological community has been able to keep everything under control. Sociedad Latino-Americana de Nephrologia e Hipertension (SLANH ) and its Chair Dr. R. Correa-Rotter as well as Dr. W. Douthat from Argentina and Dr . Rodrigo from Brazil are ready to treat any Chilean dialysis patients.There has been almost no cases of acute kidney injuries reported. In Concepcion, several dialysis units were out of order, essentially due to a shortage of drinking water. Patients were relocated, attempts were made to repair the water provisioning and evacuate patients from outside the damaged area. This illustrates once more the encouraging signs of nephrological solidarity over a difficult period, especially for the Latin-American nephrology community.
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