A nurse on the the PBHD programme practising how to remove the needles and tubes connected to a dialysis machine from a dummy at NKFs Training Centre, as her coursemates look on. — Photos: AZLINA ABDULLAH/The Star
Imagine having to be dependent on a machine to live – two needles inserted into your arm and connected to the machine, drawing your blood out before returning it, for four hours at a time, three times a week, without fail.
This is the life of someone with end-stage renal failure (ESRF), where their kidneys are so destroyed that they can only function at 10%-15% capacity.
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