The center, promoted by the Southern Regional Health Authority (SRHA), is open every Wednesday and plans to serve some 179 persons, to whom it will provide iron and blood transfusions, as well as injections of erythropoietin to maintain their blood levels in the normal range.

The Authority’s regional technical director, Vitillius Holder, explained that many patients with kidney failure were being hospitalized, so the clinic was created to treat them without the need for hospitalization.

Michael Bent, the Authority’s regional director, assured that programs will continue to be established to provide quality medical care.

At the same time, he called on Jamaicans to take better care of their health and reduce the risk of non-communicable diseases, such as kidney failure, which is difficult to treat.

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