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Toronto General Hospital program trains
medical staff from around the world on
home dialysis

Medical staff from around the world Thailand, Spain, Brazil and Lebanon.
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to learn how to teach dialysis patients 10 years and has become a major public health issue,
in their countries to become more so improving quality of care in this group of patients is
independent and informed about their treatment.
essential,” explains Dr. Nalinee Saiprasertkit, a Clinical
TGH’s internatioCnLalIlNy rIeCnAowLnOedPETxIpMLIoZRAeTHIoOmNe Fellow from Thailand, training at ExpLoRe.
Dialysis Program is the largest and most unique
program of its kind in the world. Throughout the year, “I’m here to learn more about how to implement and
it hosts healthcare professionals from countries such as grow home dialysis program in my country”

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Dr. Nalinee Saiprasertkit, an international fellow from Thailand, pictured here
with a hemodialysis machine in TGH’s hemodialysis unit. This machine is
used by home hemodialysis patients.(Photo: UHN)

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