A doctor has told an inquest into the death of a young boy that there was a delay in starting dialysis at a hospital as the boy’s father had not brought the dialysis machine with him.

THERE are gifts for which a simple thank you is gratitude enough and there are others that leave us speechless.

Organ donations were up a fifth in 2009 marking a record year, new figures show.

AN increase in diabetes and an ageing population will increase the demand for treatment of end-stage kidney disease (ESKD) and put additional pressure on overstretched dialysis services, according to head of the National Renal Service.