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The Henderson Kidney &
Dialysis Center
 The Henderson Kidney & Dialysis Center is for
patients requiring hemo-dialysis for chronic or
acute renal conditions. Our center provides dialysis
for any patient who is experiencing a medical or
surgical event that requires the care of an acute or
chronic dialysis unit. Our primary goal is to
provide quality care that will enable patients to
have an improved quality of life during the disease
process.
We provide an 11 bed outpatient chronic dialysis
unit and a 4 bed inpatient acute unit with the
capability to perform bedside dialysis in the
hospital setting.
Location/Hours of Operation
The Henderson Kidney and Dialysis Center is located
on the first floor of Memorial Medical
Center—Lufkin. There is a designated wing for the
center at Memorial Medical Center—San Augustine.
Our hours of operation are 5:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Monday through Saturday for the Outpatient Chronic
Unit and Monday through Friday 6:00 a.m. to 6:00
p.m. for the acute unit. A 24 hour emergency call is
available for inpatient emergencies.
When it comes to treating kidney
disorders, the Henderson Kidney & Dialysis Center
provides quality affordable care close to home. This
is one of few centers in the area that specializes
in treatments related to kidney disorders.
Our Professional Staff
Our dialysis nurses, whether they are registered
nurses or licensed vocational nurses have extensive
training in ESRD/CMS, ACLS, and life support.
Additionally, they adhere to yearly competencies and
CEUs in the hemodialysis specialty.
To learn more about the Henderson Kidney & Dialysis
Center, contact 936-639-7711 for more information.
Improving Kidney
Function with New Technology
 Better
kidney function after major heart surgery. That is
what Memorial Health System of East Texas is
striving to do as it unveils the latest technology
for dialysis treatment following major heart
surgery. Recently the hospital system was the first
in the deep East Texas area to purchase and treat
patients with Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy (CRRT)
machines.
CRRT filters blood through a dialysis machine at a
very slow rate so that wastes are removed in the
same gradual way they would be removed by the
kidneys. Following surgeries such as Coronary Artery
Bypass, when the patient is removed from the bypass
machine sometimes the kidneys do not resume full
function right away. The CRRT machine makes it
possible for the kidneys to “rest and recover” until
they are working more correctly so that the kidneys
are not damaged permanently.
“Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy places less
stress on the heart and other organs than doing
dialysis over four hours with a regular dialysis
machine,” said Patricia Jones, Director of the
Henderson Kidney Disease Center. “This decrease in
stress allows CRRT to be performed sooner after
surgery than traditional dialysis. The sooner the
kidneys ‘get a little help’ the less chance they
will have any permanent effects.”
Read
the Press Release.
Memorial Medical
Center – San Augustine
Opens New Dialysis Center
For many San Augustine area dialysis patients the
wait is over. After months of planning and waiting,
Memorial Medical Center’s – San Augustine Dialysis
Center is now open. According to Memorial Medical
Center—San Augustine Administrator, Darlene
Williams, it has been a lengthy process to get the
center open. “We have been working diligently to
open the center since last summer. Numerous onsite
surveys and inspections had to be scheduled by the
state before a license would be awarded.” Memorial
Medical Center—San Augustine received word this week
that the Dialysis Center had successfully passed all
facets of the certification process and could now
accept patients.
Read the press Release.
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