As number of patients grows, so do critical problems facing MDs who provide dialysis

Michel Martin

Canadian Medical Association Journal 1996; 154: 931-933

Michel Martin is a freelance writer living in Hull, Que.

Abstract

The growth in the number of dialysis patients in Canada is causing a critical shortage of resources. The low transplantation rate and an increase in the number of patients, combined with insufficient funding to expand facilities, threatens access to the expensive but life-sustaining therapy. Michel Martin, who recently underwent a kidney transplant, looks at the situation facing dialysis patients in Quebec and Ontario.

| CMAJ March 15, 1996 (vol 154, no 6) |