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Renal Dialysis Center, LLC
523 East Grant Street
Macomb, IL 61455
The dialysis center is located just south of the hospital, next to the Westervelt Home.
309-836-1662
 A
partnership between McDonough District Hospital, Midwest Kidney
Centers of East Peoria and Blessing Hospital of Quincy offers
life-saving kidney care to the McDonough County area.
Our five-station
center provides hemodialysis 12 hours a day, six days a week.
For more
information, call 309-836-1662.
What
is Hemodialysis?
Hemodialysis is the process of cleansing a person's blood
because their kidneys no longer function properly. When functioning
normally, the kidneys filter out waste products from the blood
in the form of urine, stimulate the body to produce red blood
cells, release hormones that help regulate growth and blood
pressure and keep bones healthy. When the kidneys fail to
perform those life-sustaining tasks, a person faces two options:
transplant or dialysis.
During
hemodialysis, needles are placed into a patient's vein and
artery and blood is drawn through a machine acting as an artificial
kidney. The artificial kidney machine cleanses the blood and
returns it to the patient. The process normally needs to be
done three times a week and can take four hours to complete.
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