Escape to Prague saved Mrs. Olga’s life
According to estimates by the Czech Nephrological Society, dialysis treatment in the Czech Republic may need 300-400 refugees from Ukraine. “At the moment, already in the network of our dialysis centers we dialy three refugees. We anticipate that their number will grow rapidly. We’re ready for anyone. Dialysis cannot be postponed, we will deal with the papers later, “says the director of the network of dialysis centers B. Braun Avitum MUDr. Martin Kuncek.
Discontinuation of treatment on the run can cause serious health problems and endanger life.
Treatment restrictions due to fights
Mrs. Olha previously worked as a clerk at the municipal office, she has been retired for about a year. In In 1998, doctors diagnosed her with diabetes, and since 2020 she has had to undergo regular dialysis. She arrived at the resort in Chust 3 times a week for about 4 hours. She left for the Czech Republic to visit her daughter a week after the fighting broke out. Limitation of treatment began to be considered at the dialysis there.
“Once my mother and I agreed to come to us, I started calling dialysis. I was immediately told in Braun that I could bring my mother. In fact, the very next day after my arrival, I took her to a hospital, where my mother was examined and immediately started dialysis. I would like to thank both Mrs. Pešičková and Sister Votavová. That approach was really great. We didn’t deal with documents or other papers at allbut we mainly dealt with the mother’s health condition, “describes the course of admission to dialysis, the daughter of Mrs. Olga Viktorie, who has lived in the Czech Republic for 20 years.
Meeting after years
At the Prague Dialysis Center, Mrs. Olha she even met her old neighbor from Danilov. “That Mrs. Olha found it at our center its old neighbor from the past, it is a coincidence, “Describes the first meeting of MUDr. Satu Pešičková, Ph.D., Head of the B. Braun Avitum Dialysis Center in Ohradní Street. Mrs. Olha will be at the center go regularly 3 times a week. “We will conduct a more detailed examination this week and next and agree on ideal dialysis program and more afterstupa in treatment”Adds Mayor Pešičková.
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“We expect that there will be tens to hundreds of similar stories in the coming days and weeks. Message to all refugees who need life-saving dialysis, however, is clear. We will definitely take care of you, “says the chairwoman of the Czech Nephrological Society, Prof. MUDr. Romana Rysava, CSc.
Without dialysis, there is a risk of cardiac arrest
The professional company received information from Ukraine, that of the more than 40 million people there, about 11,000 patients are treated by dialysis. For comparison in the Czech Republic it goes about about 8,000 patients per roughly a quarter of the population. Dialysis is a replacement malfunctioning kidneys using instrumental blood purificationwhich patients usually have to undergo usually three times a week.
According to Ryšava, it is imminent patients on dialysis and death from cardiac arrest, caused by high levels of potassium in the blood. Or they may be too flooded, which can cause lung swelling. “If they don’t urinate at all, they need to remove water from their bodies in two or three days,” she described possible health complications. In the case of normal metabolic products of the body, which normally kidneys according to her, nothing significant will happen in four or five days.
Mrs. Olha has already completed the registration, has an annual visa and a VZP card. “I would like to thank everyone very much. I must say that I feel better here after dialysis here in the Czech Republic than before. I’m definitely calmer too and I feel safe,Ms. Olha describes her first feelings.
500 patients is the maximum
“At the moment, the Czech Republic is valid absorb up to 500 hemodialysis patients. As soon as it is more, we will come across ceiling capacity, staffing and this may be at the expense of the quality of care for all patients, “said Blesk. Redhead.
Refugees who obtain a so-called distress visa in the Czech Republic they can also apply for public health insurance, which entitles you to the same health care as other residents of the Czech Republic. The state pays premiums for them as well as for seniors, children or the unemployed. The Nephrology Society has declared that the centers are ready to take care of patients in need of dialysis even before they have the necessary documents.
On professional company website there is also a map of all centers, the company also wants to disclose their capacity, which they may offer for the treatment of refugees.