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The Department of Renal Medicine serves as a national referral centre for renal specialty. It provides the most comprehensive nephrological service in Singapore. The various subspecialty areas are clinical nephrology, haemodialysis, peritoneal dialysis, renal transplantation and hypertension.
Within the Department there are the Dialysis and Continuous Ambulatory Peritoneal Dialysis Centres which provide dialysis to patients with end-stage renal failure. Health education is conducted to patients and relatives and they are also trained to perform their own haemodialysis or continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis / continuous peritoneal dialysis.
The renal ward is located at Block 4 Level 2, and provides treatment and nursing care on a continuous 24 hours' basis accepting both emergency and elective cases. The ward is managed by a senior nursing officer who is responsible for the operational activities in the ward.
Attachment Programme
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