Kidney Patients Decry Delay In Treatment…Say, Dialysis Center Is “Conduit OF Death”

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Patients with kidney problems and undergoing treatment at the Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf Dialysis Center at the John F. Kennedy Memorial Hospital decried the delay in treatment that is leading to the death of patients at the facility.

In an open letter to President Joseph Nyuma Boakai dated January 12, 2025, the patients under the banner Renal Patients Association (RPA) said they were deeply saddened and compelled to bring to the president’s attention issues that could have just been handled by the JFK Administration, especially through an open medium.

“This is because we have employed all efforts to work with the JFK Memorial Hospital Administration to help address the appalling conditions at the Dialysis Center, including the long delays in the supply of consumables needed to treat patients, but unfortunately the leadership at the hospital is taking little or no concrete actions,” the letter to the president said.

The patients said it is clear to them that the one and only Dialysis Center that was opened almost three years ago to help treat renal illness has now become a conduit for death and destruction because of the insensitivity of the JFK Administration.

The group attributed the problem to “poor leadership, incompetence or simply, that the JFK Administration just does not care.

However, the patients said based on the nature of the communication, it was not prudent to discuss all these issues at the center, while appealing to the president to set up a small neutral committee to investigate the actual situation at the Dialysis Center and report back to him.

“Time is of essence as your citizens’ lives are at risk,” the communication said.

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