Fears over soaring kidney disease rate

SURGING obesity and diabetes rates are set to fuel kidney disease at a time when overcrowding at dialysis units is forcing patients to travel excessive distances three times a week for life-saving treatment.

Thu, 13 Mar, 2008 - 00:00
Catherine Shanahan

Health Service Executive (HSE) figures show as of December 31, 2007, that:

* 16 patients were travelling from Limerick to Galway for haemodialysis.

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