Dialysis

SMH operates a Dialysis Unit on the hospital's second floor, just to the left of the elevators. This clinic provides dialysis services for patients with ongoing kidney disease.

The hospital's Dialysis Unit is a satellite of the Regional Renal Program located at RVH in Barrie, supported by physicians, dieticians, social work, and pharmacists. SMH’s Dialysis Unit has six stations and operates six days per week, with two shifts of PTS daily. From time to time there is space available to accommodate transient patients.

The unit handles stable dialysis patients only. Patients who are newly diagnosed with renal failure must receive their dialysis in Barrie until they are fully stabilized and an opening becomes available at Stevenson.

Registered Nurses (trained and experienced in dialysis) staff the Dialysis Unit. Patients are supported and monitored by routine visits from a team of health professionals including a nephrologist, dietitian social worker and pharmacist provide through Soldiers' Memorial Hospital.