The unit, which will be managed by Acail, currently has the collaboration of 48 technicians and the more than 50 monitors will allow the center to attend to a total of 354 patients, spread over three shifts a day.
The center has the "capacity to care for 354 patients, distributed in three daily shifts and 472 patients distributed in four daily shifts", revealed the minister, cited by RNA.
According to Angop, this unit comprises nine rooms for dialysis sessions. In addition, it also has state-of-the-art equipment that enables the realization of "peritoneal dialysis", which translates into an option for the replacement of renal function.
Also note the fact that this center has rooms for positive serology. It also has an area reserved for patients with respiratory problems, such as pulmonary tuberculosis or covid-19, who need to be isolated.
The unit also comprises two production plants for concentrated acid, osmosis, a laboratory for clinical and electromedical analysis, offices, a pharmacy, among others, writes Angop.
Cited by TPA, the Minister of Health stated that this unit "constitutes another solid pillar" in the national health service.
"Angola is experiencing a growing number of patients who increasingly need these specialized services, including hemodialysis (...), which led MINSA to define as its priorities the increase in response capacity with effective and efficient services for reduce evacuations abroad (...)", he said.
The center was installed in an area of approximately 2000 square meters and is the result of a public investment of around six million dollars.
On the occasion, the president of the Association of Kidney Patients of the provinces of Benguela and Cuanza Sul, Óscar Caldeira, considered that the conditions in the new center "are better than in the hemodialysis centers of the municipal hospitals of Benguela and Lobito".
He also indicated that about 100 patients are already being medically assisted at the new center and that all were satisfied with the conditions.
