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times a week. The average cost for HD is P4,500 per session or P40,000 a month.
Under the PD treatment, the blood is filtered within the patients abdomen and the
dialysis fluid there is exchanged through a catheter. Special fluid enters the abdominal
cavity and stays there for several hours, and the poisons and excess fluid transfer from the
blood to the fluid, which is drained out of the body. This process is done daily, three to
four times a day. Patients are trained to perform this type of therapy by themselves at
home.
Relampagos said the average cost of HD per patient is more than double that of PD.
The cost difference is attributed mainly to the fact that PD incurs much lower costs for
health care personnel and specialized equipment such as dialysis machines.
Relampagos said the availability of HD centers in the country remains limited
because not all government hospitals are equipped with HD.
PD does not require specialized facilities and only requires training of doctors and
medical practitioners and information to patients on how to manage PD treatments, he
said.
Relampagos said in countries like Thailand, New Zealand, Korea, United Kingdom,
Hong Kong and Singapore, PD is being advocated as the first option for the treatment and
management of ESRD. (30) lvc