Sutherland Harris Memorial Hospital in Pictou hosted an official opening of the facility’s new renal dialysis unit on Monday.
Expanded dialysis unit at Sutherland Harris Memorial Hospital in Pictou. (Nova Scotia Health photo)
David Landry, senior director for the Nova Scotia renal program, said the unit began taking patients last summer. Thanks to an investment of $3.58 million, with funding coming from the province as well as the Aberdeen Health Foundation and the Sutherland Harris Memorial Foundation, the unit expanded from four to 12 dialysis stations and increase capacity to treat up to 48 patients.
Landry said the unit moved from the back of the hospital to the front. He also said the unit was built big enough to cover the next 10-20 years, while providing care closer to home for residents.
