Guantanamo – The hemodialysis service at the Doctor Agostinho Neto General Teaching Hospital was officially reopened in Guantanamo, which included the installation of a new fully automatic water treatment plant, which benefits the care of the 105 nephrotic patients, who come to that institution from seven municipalities in the province.
Dr. María Victoria Vega de la Torre, a second-degree specialist in nephrology and head of the hemodialysis service at the largest healthcare center in the territory, highlighted that the current capacity of the new plant, amounting to 2 thousand liters of water per hour, is enough for the functioning of 20 artificial kidneys and at the same time it allows that each patient can have the treatment three times a week.
Dr. Luis Alberto Ramírez Díaz, deputy to the National Assembly of People’s Power and director of the provincial hospital, assured that the water treatment system contributes to the survival of cases of acute poisoning, to prevent sepsis and to provide a higher quality of life to patients, who are eligible for transplant and considerably reduce morbidity and mortality.
The constructive actions to provide higher quality hemodialysis services included the construction of an instrumentation area, changing the lighting and air conditioning systems, replacing furniture, instruments and other important supplies for therapy.
Rafael Pérez Fernández, member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba, and Doctor Yoel Pérez García, first secretary of that organization in the province, among other political leaders, of the Health Sector and the workers and patients of the healthcare institution attended the official reopening hemodialysis service.
Translated by Liubis Balart Martinez
