Emergency hemodialysis beds offer lifeline to patients in Shanghai

STORY: Emergency hemodialysis beds offer lifeline to patients in Shanghai DATELINE: April 27, 2022 LENGTH: 00:00:44 LOCATION: SHANGHAI, China CATEGORY: HEALTH SHOTLIST: various of patients receiving hemodialysis treatmentSOUNDBITE (Chinese): XU CHENGGANG, Third Affiliated Hospital of Naval Medical University STORYLINE: Twenty-six emergency hemodialysis sites have been set up at 18 hospitals across Shanghai, which has been hit hard by the latest COVID-19 resurgence. SOUNDBITE (Chinese): XU CHENGGANG, Third Affiliated Hospital of Naval Medical University "A considerable number of hemodialysis patients live in communities under close-off management, and they are close contacts and secondary close contacts of previously reported confirmed cases and asymptomatic ones. Therefore, it is not appropriate for them to go to hospitals' hemodialysis rooms for treatment. However, their lives would be at risk if they don't receive treatment. So we set up the emergency rooms in 72 hours and these patients have a re