Those patients who are stable on dialysis can travel to other countries, for business, family reunion or sight-seeing. We encourage tourist dialysis as it significantly improve the quality of life for the patients. There are several points to note:
- it is imperative that they should first consult their attending doctors to access the fitness for travel. For those patients who have problems with their AV fistula or their dialysis catheters, the problem should first be solved before travelling abroad. It is far easier to treat the problems at home rather than abroad.
- Advanced booking is necessary. Most dialysis centres in Hong Kong cannot cope with a “walk-in” patients because they are already quite full. At present the Integrated Dialysis Facilities is the only private satellite dialysis centre in Hong Kong which can take foreign renal patients. The Centre can also arrange dialysis to be done in other private hospitals in Hong Kong or other parts of Asia.
- To facilitate communication, the Integrated Dialysis would send the potential patients the “Uniform Transient Dialysis Patient Information Sheet‘ which is widely used in Europe . The patient would need to fill out the form and send back to us. We do not accept E-111 forms but we accept VISA credit cards.
- For fear of spreading infection, all dialysis centres in Hong Kong need to know the hepatitis B and the HIV status of the patients. The Integrated Dialysis Facilities (HK) Ltd has set up its own infection control guidelines and can take hepatitis positive patients for haemodialysis.
Friends of Integrated Dialysis Facilities
Our Facilities for Tourist Patients
In addition to our dialysis facilities, we have the following amenities for tourist patients
- iPad and wifi service. The Centre is equiped with iPad with wifi connection. This enables the patients to stay in contact with their friends and family during dialysis treatment.
- Catering from nearby restaurants. The dialysis centre is located in downtown Kowloon and there are over 50 restaurants nearby. Some restaurants can deliver meals to the Centre on telephone orders. One Japanese beef restaurant offered good food at a very reasonable price.
- Convenient location. Our Centre is within walking distance from many hotels in town. The Centre is situated right on top of Jordan MTR station.
- Sight seeing. The Integrated Dialysis is situated in the heart of Yau Ma Tei with a lot of historic sites nearby like the Temple Street (the ‘night market’), the Jade market, the Kowloon Park within walking distance.
Friends of the Integrated Dialysis Facilities
We have recently formed the ‘Friends of the Integrated Dialysis Facilities scheme. We would like to extend our invitation to all patients who had used our service and their relatives. There is no membership fee and members can enjoy the following benefits
- guaranteed dialysis booking
- discount on top of the package fee for tourists
- invitation to join our annual outings
- take part in the volunteer work
- participation in our Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/HKdialysis) to maintain the contact with us.
To enroll, simply fill in the application form. All data collected above will be treated in accordance with the Hong Kong Personal Data (Privacy) Ordinance.
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