Opened a hemodialysis center

President of the Republic of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev in his address "Kazakhstan in a New reality: Time for action" noted that measures to further develop the national health service will bring life expectancy to 75 years.

In order to implement the point of the Message, as well as on the eve of The city day celebration, the BIOS hemodialysis center was opened. By the way, the center moved to a new building at 2 Kurmangalieva.

Mayor of Uralsk Abat Shynybekov, who took part in the Grand opening of the center, noted that the main wealth is the health of citizens, and that such centers will reduce the incidence of kidney diseases.

- In his message, the Head of state K-Zh. Tokayev noted the importance of increasing the life expectancy of the population, and one of the main tasks in the health sector is to provide high - quality medical services, " A. Shynybekov said.

BIOS LLP has been providing dialysis services to the population of Kazakhstan since 2000. According to the Director of the BIOS medical center Zhenis Alkin, services in the hemodialysis center are provided free of charge.

- There are about 200 patients receiving hemodialysis in the region. The center employs 2 nephrologists and about 8 medical personnel, - said Zh.Alkyne.

Kidneys are bean - shaped human organs that are responsible for cleaning the blood from harmful substances. However, with their diseases, this function is disrupted, and with chronic kidney failure, they stop working as intended. And then comes the moment of applying hemodialysis.

The hemodialysis procedure, which takes over the kidneys ' responsibilities, helps them remove waste accumulations from the blood. During the procedure, the patient's blood passes through a special filter, is purified and poured back into the patient through a vein. As a rule, you need to go to hemodialysis once a week, each procedure lasts from 2.5 to 4.5 hours.

Rudiger Of Kusainov,

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