By IJEOMA UKAZU
Committed to providing high-quality tertiary healthcare services to Lagos State Citizens and beyond, the management of Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, LASUTH, led by Prof. Adetokunbo Fabamwo, the Chief Medical Director said the new dialysis unit will provide standard haemodialysis to patients.
Speaking recently during the launch, Fabamwo said that the new dialysis unit in LASUTH is dedicated to improving health outcomes for patients who have chronic kidney disease, acute kidney injuries and end-stage renal disease.
He said the unit has eight (8) dialysis stations which cater for a minimum of 22 sessions daily and 660 dialysis sessions monthly. This is in addition to the existing six (6) dialysis machines in the Critical Care Unit, CCU, of the hospital (A Private-Public Venture).
The CMD disclosed that LASUTH is the first public tertiary hospital in Lagos State to have a Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy, CRRT, machine, stressing that, “This is a 24-hour non-stop dialysis machine used to support unstable patients with renal failure. The Unit also has two dedicated machines for Human Immunodeficiency Virus, HIV and Hepatitis patients.
Fabamwo said that the dialysis machine performs some functions of the kidney in filtering waste products and excess fluid from a patient’s blood when the kidneys are malfunctioning. The most common form of dialysis is haemodialysis and a session takes an average of four hours and is typically carried out three times a week.