Paraguarí Hospital has its first dialysis room

Asunción, IP Agency.- The Regional Hospital of Paraguarí, through the Nephrological Center, enabled the first peritoneal dialysis room for kidney patients. The installation was carried out jointly between the Regional Hospital, which invested in the labor, the National Institute of Nephrology, which provides the supplies and catheter for the patients, and the company Index SACI, which provided paints, screens and other equipment to adapt the room.This treatment modality for patients with chronic kidney disease gives them the opportunity to use this option, catheter placement, if they meet the conditions, according to medical criteria, which in turn allows them to improve their quality of life and continue their treatments more closely. comfort.

It is worth mentioning that Dr. Emilio Cabrera, a specialist in minimally invasive surgery, instructed the surgeons at the Paraguarí Regional Hospital in the placement of the peritoneal dialysis catheter.

The event had the participation of the director of the IX Health Region, Dr. Auria Villalba; Dr. A.S. Luis Yd, director of the Paraguarí Regional Hospital; Dr. A.S. Ernesto Wasmosy, president of SACI Index; Dra. Natalia Wasmuth, chief of peritoneal dialysis at the Social Security Institute and the National Institute of Nephrology; Lic. Marisa Lezcano, chief faculty member of the National Institute of Nephrology; Mgter. Deisy Benítez, chief nursing officer of the IX Health Region; Sr. Modesto Arce, representative of the Government of Paraguarí.