Call for dialysis centre in Hidd

Chairman of Bahrain Kidney Patients Friendship Society and Shura Council member Dr Ahmed Salim Al Arrayedh revealed that Shura has received a parliamentary proposal on the establishment of a dialysis centre in Hidd. The parliament put forward the proposal stating that the patients urgently require such a centre, suggesting Hidd as an ideal location.

Around 700 patients visit Salmaniya Medical Complex and the government dialysis facility in Busaiteen to undergo dialysis three times per week. According to Consultant Nephrologist at Salmaniya Medical Complex Dr Ali Hassan Al Aradi, a large number of people have also been receiving the dialysis treatment in the Bahrain Royal Medical Service, the Kingdom’s military hospital.

He said that there are others who receive treatment from home. He said prevalence of kidney disease is also causing people to need kidney transplant. He said that such demand of kidney treatment also necessitates services of more doctors and specialists and there for the government may need to be hire more doctors to meet the requirements.