Dialysis Centers have malpractice cases and allegations of negligence:
Kidney Dialysis Errors - Malpractice
According to some statistics …obtained on the American Society of Nephrology, over 20 million adults over the age of 20 have chronic kidney disease. Now, there are close to 500,000 people being treated for End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD). Each year, kidney disease kills more than 14 people out of every 100,000, making it America’s ninth leading cause of death. Several hundred thousand Americans undergo dialysis treatments each year and over 100,000 have a kidney transplant. Almost every large shopping center seems to have a Dialysis Treatment facility close by. As common as this is becoming in our society, treatment for renal failure carries its own risks.
Patients must educate themselves to these risks in order to protect themselves and help to minimize them. Each year, just as with surgeries and other outpatient procedures, exams, diagnoses, people d ...
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