MANILA, Philippines — The Pasig government opened yesterday the city’s mega dialysis center.
With 79 dialysis machines and a floor area of 1,390 square meters, Mayor Vico Sotto said the center situated along Eusebio Avenue in Barangay San Miguel is one of the biggest facilities catering to patients with kidney diseases.
Sotto said with the new facility, they can accommodate the needs of over half of the more than 800 dialysis patients under their care.
“First-come, first-served basis tayo para patas,” he said in a Facebook post.
For those who will not be accommodated by the facility, Sotto said they would increase their financial assistance for patients next year.
The dialysis center provides treatment for renal failure and information on renal replacement therapy to patients.
Among these are kidney transplant, peritoneal dialysis and hemodialysis.
Dialysis treatment in the facility is free, the local government said.