QUEEN Mamohato Memorial Hospital (QMMH) last week received a donation of 10 dialysis machines from a Japanese company, Tokushukai Medical Group. The dialysis machines can hold up to seven patients in the renal unit and three patients in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU). Minister of Health Selibe Mochoboroane said the dialysis centre will undoubtedly go a long way towards augmenting the efforts of the government by bringing transformative change in the healthcare of the people and building infrastructure with the latest technology. The dialysis unit will provide both acute and chronic renal dialysis.
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To date, over 130 patients have received dialysis treatment with the majority of such people having chronic kidney disease, which is a significant global health concern with a prevalence of around 15 percent in developed countries.
Mochoboroane said the establishment of dialysis machines at QMMH is a milestone for his ministry to ensure that the risk of kidney failure decreases and also to ensure that kidney failure diseases become a thing of the past.
He thanked Tokushukai Medical Group for the donation adding it had brought smiles on the faces of patients who were critically ill.
He said his ministry is currently training more nurses and doctors who will be specializing in kidney failure and acute renal diseases so that the hospital no longer sends other patients to India and other places for treatment.
“Tokushukai Medical Group started by donating two ambulances and oxygen concentrators worth M16 million in August 2020,” Mochoboroane said.
Also, it donated 10 dialysis machines at Motebang Hospital.
Dr Thabang Tšenoli, who trained in renal and kidney disease at the QMMH, said they are very grateful for the donation.
He said this will help them treat patients with renal diseases to save lives and show Basotho that there is still hope after treatment of kidney failure and renal disease.
He said patients with kidney failure and renal diseases can visit Queen Mamohato Hospital and start treatment as the unit is ready to commence treatment for patients.
Chairman of the Tokushukai Medical Group, Shuzo Kobayashi, said the donation should be kept alive and should be maintained and looked after.
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