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  • Caring for undocumented dialysis patients at UMC

    02/12/2014 11:22:23 AM PST · by moonshinner_09 · 25 replies
    KSNV ^ | 2/11 /2014 | Sandra Gonzalez
    LAS VEGAS (KSNV & MyNews3) -- As a county run hospital, University Medical Center cannot refuse treatment to anyone, regardless of their ability to pay. In December alone, 900 dialysis treatments were done on undocumented residents. They are uninsured, and the extensive treatment for their kidneys is not being paid for. UMC is treating more than 20 undocumented residents with dialysis every day in the emergency room, and they come twice a week. The process takes about four hours. "What you're doing is filtering all the blood in your body through an artificial kidney which is the dialysis, and so...