With the recovery of the water treatment plant, the Vladimir Ilich Lenin Teaching University Hospital, in the province of Holguin, reopened its hemodialysis service, one of the services with the greatest impact on the quality of life of vulnerable populations.
In a joint task between the General Directorate of Public Health and the Delegation of Hydraulic Resources, activity in that vital area was restored, through repair and maintenance with strict compliance with international quality standards.
Rafael Ramírez Montero, a water treatment specialist, told the Cuban News Agency that as part of the work, an own water source was recovered through the rehabilitation of the reservoir, the casting of a new protective curb for the well and the waterproofing of the cistern associated with the system.
The corrections of the control loops, the change of the filter bed and the membranes for reverse osmosis were also added, which translates into higher quality.
Previously, with the installed capacity, the plant was not capable of dealing with the turbidity levels that entered through the aqueduct network, therefore the pretreatment parameters were adjusted, the expert indicated.
After the repair of the equipment, it has greater autonomy by receiving water service from both the networks and its own source, which guarantees continuity in its operation.
For her part, Dr. Sara Liz Ricardo Suárez, deputy director of Lenin and head of the care service for serious patients at that institution, indicated that for two months the patients had to travel to Las Tunas to receive their treatment.
She specified that the room has 12 artificial kidneys for the benefit of about 60 patients with advanced chronic kidney disease, who require this medical intervention as a way to stay alive.
Dialysis is applied to people with kidney failure to replace the function of this organ and uses a water-based cleansing therapy and a machine capable of cleaning the blood, which is why the treatment plant is of vital importance.
Each one costs an average of 158 thousand pesos per patient and despite the effects of the economic, commercial and financial blockade of the United States against Cuba, on the Caribbean island this intervention is guaranteed free of charge for 100 percent of the people who require it.
With information from the Cuban News Agency/ Translated by Radio Angulo
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