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Dr. Donal O'Donoghue Patient Expert

California
Appointed first Renal Tsar for England in February 2007
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Think about rationing

 Resources for health care be they people, knowledge, time or money are and always have been limited. Rationing seems to be a word...

Official Opening of the Edgware Renal Centre

Patients with kidney conditions in north London are benefiting from a new facility which has brought treatment closer to their homes. The...

Balancing Quality, Safety and Value- an Olympic challenge

Kidney care teams up and down the country are facing an Olympic challenge to deliver the best possible healthcare for people with...

Being a patient champion, what does it mean?

The dynamics of the doctor-patient relationship have evolved over recent decades from a model of benevolent paternalism to a framework...

Rare Diseases Consultation

The dynamics of the doctor-patient relationship have evolved over recent decades from a model of benevolent paternalism to a framework...
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Feb 03 2011 by Vickie B.
My brother began hemodialysis two months ago....he has been hospitalized twice in a month for MRSA now!  He is very weak and has chronic reanl failure,I believe end stage (diabetic also).  What is the best th ing we can do to control the MRSA????  How long usually do the patients tolerate or live with teh dialysis?  He is not elligible for a transplant they told him???  Please help...I'm a nurse,but haven't worked dialysis since 1975...Thanks!!!
 

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