Dialysis centre
Plan your appointment
What can we do for you?
Through a separate entrance, you can access our dialysis centre, where a specialized team of doctors and nurses will give you the best care possible. When the kidneys work insufficiently, and the disturbed balances in the body can no longer be restored by adapted nutrition and medication, we have to rely on technical devices. These take over certain functions of the kidney function. The known techniques applied in Sint-Trudo are hemodialysis (artificial kidney), peritoneal dialysis (abdominal dialysis) and kidney transplantation.
In the dialysis centre, we treat patients via hemodialysis, following follow-up and on prescription by the nephrologist (kidney specialist).
Dialysis treatment
In hemodialysis treatment, a filter called the artificial kidney purifies blood outside the body. To get the blood to the artificial kidney, a blood vessel is punctured or we work with a catheter that stays in place. The purified blood is then sent back to the body. A dialysis treatment lasts an average of 4 hours and takes place three times a week in most cases.
Doctors
Head nurse
Where can you find us?
The first time you visit the dialysis centre:
- enroll at the kiosk in the main entrance hall
- go from there to block B on the ground floor (0)
- follow the blue color.
The dialysis centre also has a separate entrance, through which you, as a regular patient, can more easily access the dialysis centre directly.
