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New kidney dialysis unit for Lloydminster
More people from Alberta and Saskatchewan will soon have access to a new six-station kidney dialysis unit in the border community of Lloydminster.
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With $4.25 million from the Alberta government’s Rural Health Facilities Revitalization Program, Alberta Health Services (AHS) will open and operate a new larger dialysis unit on the Saskatchewan side of Lloydminster with enough stations to provide renal dialysis to 24 patients from both provinces with kidney disease.
“No matter where you live in Alberta, it’s important that your health-care needs can be met as close to home as possible. Kidney disease doesn’t respect provincial boundaries, so we’re happy to work with our provincial neighbour to the east to make sure more people living in the Lloydminster area – no matter what side of the border – don’t have to drive far
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Officials with AHS and provincial Occupational Health and Safety visited the worksite that employs about 1,000 people last Sunday to assess the situation there, said Williamson.
Steps are being taken to ensure the workplace remains safe amid the outbreak, including sending home symptomatic employees who are also tested, he said. Construction continued on the Calgary Cancer Centre on Wednesday, May 19, 2021. Photo by Gavin Young/Postmedia
“If a workplace is on outbreak, staff can continue to work as long as the workplace is not closed, and the staff have not been identified as a close contact of a confirmed case, and are not symptomatic,” said Williamson.
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