More dialysis centers up in Cebu

CEBU CITY - More dialysis centers will soon be available to Cebuanos next year as the Provincial Government is currently negotiating with Medtronix Medical Supplies and Equipment for the installation and maintenance of 45 regular hemodialysis machines.

These centers will be Gwendolyn Garcia expressed divided evenly between her intent to fasttrack the district hospitals of the negotiation and

Camotes and Bantayan, asked Medtronix and RCV as well as Balamban Provincial Construction to start the Hospital. Dialysis structural works immediately patients living in the as the locations of islands of Camotes and these dialysis centers were

Bantayan will no longer already determined. cross the sea just to avail Provincial Board themselves of the dialysis Member Dr. Stanley services at Danao Caminero, chairman of

Provincial Hospital. the Committee on Public

For its part, Balamban Health; Provincial Health District Hospital, Officer Dr. Rannie Gravador, which already has 10 dialysis and chiefs of hospitals machines, will be also joined the governor added 15 more to cater to in the meeting. more patients, especially "For Camotes and since it is strategically located Bantayan, these are already in the midwestern existing buildings. part of the province. Meron nang existing

In a recent meeting building, we will provide at the Capitol, Governor the space para halos architechtural nalang gagawin doon sa loob at i-install na yung penetration system sa labas," she said.

Medtronix owner and general manager Jona Brigida Navarro, who is virtually present via Zoom, told the governor that they will visit the area on the first week of December and discuss with RCV the architectural construction. The structural works are expected to begin early next year.

The hemodialysis center, which is a private-public partnership, aims to cater to the renal patients in the Province of Cebu who are undergoing dialysis treatment. (Babie Jane Revecoy)