Hospital Opens Dialysis Center in E.P.

Rhode Island Hospital has opened a new outpatient dialysis center at the Lifespan Ambulatory Care Center at 950 Warren Ave., in East Providence.

The new center provides patients with convenient outpatient dialysis treatment closer to home, and offers extended hours and free parking in a well-lit lot.

Dialysis will be offered from 7 am to 11 pm Monday through Saturday.

Each of the 12 stations is equipped with the most advanced technology, and can be used for both adult and pediatric dialysis.

Stations feature a reclining chair and personal television, and wireless Internet access is available throughout the center. Home hemo-dialysis is an option for those patients who wish to dialyze in the comfort and privacy of their own homes; patients opting for home hemo-dialysis will be referred to the outpatient dialysis center at 117 Chapman St., Providence.

“We recognize that our patients needing dialysis treatments are busy people – they often are working full-time and managing families,” said Douglas G. Shemin, M.D., medical director of the Rhode Island Hospital Outpatient Dialysis Centers. “By providing both extended hours in a convenient location, and the home hemo-dialysis option, we hope to make the process a bit easier on our patients and their families.”

The center is staffed by a multi-disciplinary team that includes a physician, clinical manager, social worker, dietitian, registered nurses and patient care technicians, all providing a patient to staff ratio of 3:1. 

For more information or to set up an appointment, call 401-606-1002; fax number is 401-606-1003, or visit the Rhode Island Hospital website.