The Calasiao Dialysis Center (Photo courtesy of Patrick Caramat FB)
CALASIAO, Pangasinan – The Calasiao Dialysis Center here is set to serve patients in need of dialysis services by June this year.
Mayor Patrick Caramat said the center has 12 machines to cater to dialysis patients in the town or even nearby towns and cities.
“This is more of a maintenance dialysis center, not an emergency dialysis center. This means that in order to be accommodated here, they need clearance coming from their nephrologist or other clinics where they have already undergone dialysis,” he said in an interview on Wednesday.
Caramat said the center would save patients transportation fees and travel time as it is the first dialysis center to open in the area.
Although it is operated and managed by a private company, residents can avail of free services under the Philippine Health Insurance Corp. benefit package, he said.
The firm rents the building facility from the municipal government at PHP180,000 a month, or more than PHP2.1 million in a year.
“The rent of the Calasiao Dialysis Center Inc. will go to the local government of the town of Calasiao, wherein we can also align the funds to our medical services program for the residents,” Caramat said.
He said the healthcare workers in the center have been undergoing training and would be ready for its target opening next month. (PNA)