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Kidney disease patients who need dialysis three times a week are more likely to get worse if they get Corona. However, recent patients are not receiving adequate dialysis treatment.
This is because there is no ward that can receive both corona treatment and dialysis treatment.
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patient left the bed and lay on the floor, and the medical staff squatted uncomfortable.
A kidney disease patient infected with Corona collapsed from hypoxia while waiting for the dialysis sequence in a general isolation room without dialysis treatment equipment.
In an urgent situation, the medical staff hastily brought dialysis treatment equipment and performed emergency dialysis.
[Lee Dong-hyung / Korean Dialysis Association Busan Branch Secretary (dialysis specialist): This is a case where a dialysis patient was waiting for his turn for dialysis, but lost consciousness before going to bed due to hypoxia due to pulmonary edema and started dialysis as an emergency on the floor. ] Because
there are not enough corona beds that can be treated by dialysis, kidney disease corona patients are virtually at war.
Dialysis treatment is more urgent for patients with kidney disease waiting to be hospitalized than in the corona ward.
[Kidney disease corona patient's guardian: (How many days did your mother delay dialysis?) You delayed it by 5 days. I've only done it once on the 6th day, but there's no news on what's going to happen next, so we're on the move right now to go around the public health center or something like this to get some ejaculation.]
The quarantine authorities have designated additional hospitals capable of urgent dialysis, but it is not enough.
[Lee Young-jung / Secretary General of the Korea Association for Kidney Disabilities: All the confirmed patients are rushing to a specialized hospital, and they said that there are 60 beds, but the 60 seats are already full and there are 30 people waiting.] I
called to find a dialysis room
.
The story of the guardian of a kidney disease patient who had to pay 300 bottles is in the process of petitioning the Blue House.
The problem is that the exact situation, such as the number of corona kidney disease patients, the number of severe patients, and the waiting period for dialysis, is not known.
The quarantine authorities should quickly identify the situation and share relevant data with dialysis specialists so that they receive dialysis first, whether in small hospitals or large hospitals.
It would be good to increase the number of specialized hospitals for dialysis corona patients, but if it is difficult, even a dedicated dialysis room for Corona should be prepared quickly.
(Video editing: Hojin Kim)
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