By writer to www.scoop.co.nz
A small blessing ceremony has paved the way in which for individuals
throughout each the Hutt Valley and the Wairarapa to start
receiving renal dialysis therapy nearer to
residence.
Kaumatua, sufferers, and workers gathered earlier than
dawn this morning for a small ceremony to bless Te Whare
Takihi mo te Katoa – the area’s new satellite tv for pc renal
dialysis unit.
Positioned on the Hutt Valley Well being Hub
adjoining to Hutt Hospital, the 16-chair unit (photographs
hooked up) will allow greater than 50 sufferers to obtain
therapy regionally with out having to journey to Wellington
Regional or Kenepuru Neighborhood Hospitals thrice a
week.
“Travelling to Wellington or Porirua three
instances every week, for round 5 hours of therapy, is a
vital burden for a lot of of sufferers – particularly these
from our extra deprived communities. Te Whare Takihi mo
te Katoa will assist ease a few of that burden,” stated 2DHB
Director of Supplier Companies Pleasure Farley.
“With
round 470-490 dialysis remedies having been delivered
weekly for many of this yr in Wellington and Porirua, the
new unit can even improve our renal dialysis capability for
the area and higher place us to satisfy rising demand
into the longer term.”
Gifted by native kaumatua Hepetema
Taitua and his spouse Mate, the identify Te Whare Takihi mo te
Katoa displays its standing as a ‘kidney dialysis unit for
all’.
“Te Whare Takihi mo te Katoa is constructed round
a tradition of whanau, aroha, and manaakitanga for all individuals
and resonates with the whakatauki that states ‘he waka eke
noa’, or ‘we’re all on this collectively’,” stated 2DHB
Director of Māori Well being Arawhetu Grey.
“A excessive
proportion of those sufferers are Māori and Pacific and the
unit and repair are designed to assist everybody –
no matter ethnic, cultural, non secular, socio-economic,
or different background group – the entry protected high quality
therapy and assist nearer to residence
Te
Whare Takihi mo te Katoa is positioned on the Hutt Valley
Well being Hub, Witako Avenue, adjoining to Hutt Hospital. It
will open to sufferers on Tuesday 1
December.
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