Many dialysis patients are unprepared for natural disasters
Wednesday, July 29, 2015 - 12:50
in Health & Medicine
Among patients scheduled to have dialysis during the landfall of Hurricane Sandy at clinics where electricity had been deprived, 26.3 percent missed dialysis sessions and 66.1 percent received dialysis at non-regular dialysis units. The percentage of patients who carried their insurance information and detailed medication lists with them were 75.9 percent and 44.3 percent, respectively.